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INDEX. 



Geological features of the banks" of the 

 south branch of the Saskatchewan, 

 i. 381, 384. 



of the north branch of the Saskatche- 

 wan, i. 396. 



Great Dog Mountain, i. 40. 



common to all the great lakes of the 



St. Lawrence basin, i. 1 22. 



■ banks of the Assinniboine River, i.140. 



of the valley of Lake Winnipeg, i. 



235. 



formation near Milles Lacs, i. 62, 63. 



of north bank of the Assinniboine 



River, i. 287. 

 of the valley of the Souris River, i. 



289. 



■ of the banks of the Souris, i. 274. 



of bois de vache, or buffalo dung, i. 



296. 



of the banks of the Qu'appelle River, 



i. 330. 



■ formation of coast of Lake Winnipeg, 



at Grindstone Point, ii. 17. 



of the basin of Lake Winnipeg, ii. 



239, 268. 



surface features, ii. 242. 



■ the Laurentian and Huronian 



series, ii. 268. 



the Silurian and Devonian series, 



ii. 283. 



the carboniferous series. — Juras- 

 sic formation, ii. 299. 



the cretaceous series. — Tertiary 



formations, ii. 318. 

 German Creek River, i. 127, 132, 168. 



Mr. Dickinson's exploration of, i. 166. 



fertility of the soil at, i. 169. 



timber at, i. 169, 170. 



Gladieux, Mr. Pierre, his politeness and 



hospitality, i. 164. 

 his farm on the banks of Red River, 



i. 165. 



Gnessoid boulders on the banks of the Little 



Souris River, i. 299. 



islands, St. Martin's Lake, ii. 32. 



Gold Fields of British Columbia, ii. 230. 

 Goose dance of the Thickwood Cree Indians, 



i. 403 ; ii. 123. 

 Gowler, Mr., his farm on the Assinniboine 



River, i. 149. 



. his success, i. 150, 152, 163. 



his views of the capabilities of the 



Assinniboine prairies, i. 151. 

 Grand Falls Portage, i. 72. 

 Grand Forks, Qu'appelle River, i. 288, 



334. 



country between it and the Souris 



Forks, i. 335. 

 Grand Forks of the Saskatchewan River, i. 

 393, 395, 396. 



Grand Forks, remains of a post of the Hud- 

 son's Bay Company at the, i. 397. 



Grand Portage of Pigeon River, i. 74. 



Grain at Fort William, i. 31. 



Granite Islands, Lake Winnipeg, ii. 17. 



Grapes growing on the banks of the Assin- 

 niboine, i. 142. 



frosts on the banks of the Qu'appelle 



Fishing Lakes, i. 327. 



Grasses at the mouths of Red River, i. 123. 



Grasshoppers on the Lake of the Woods, i. 

 96,97. 



at Garden Island, i. 101. 



multitudes of, in the prairies on the 



Assinniboine, i. 147, 152. 

 plague of, at Red River Settlements, 



i. 227. 



at Lane's Post, i. 281. 



at the plateau beyond Big Ridge, i. 



284. 



their mode of taking refuge from a 



storm of hail or rain, i. 286. 

 on the banks of the Assinniboine, i. 



286. 



at the mouth of the Little Souris, i. 



288. 



swarms of, near the Red Deer's Head 



River, i. 296. 

 height of the flight of these insects, 



i. 297. 



appearance of the sky during a flight 



of, i. 297. 



and of the prairie after the visits of, i. 



228. 



in the prairie west of the Little Souris 



River, i. 306. 



scourge of, at Fort Ellice, i. 312. 



excellent prognosticates of a storm, 



i. 314. 



vast flights of, between Little and Big 



Cut Arm Creeks, i. 377. 



on the Main Saskatchewan, i. 409. 



devastations caused by the, i. 432. 



devastations of, in Rupert's Land, ii. 



60. 



See also Locusts. 



Grassy Narrows (Lake Winnipeg), i. 485, 



493 ; ii. 12. 

 Graves, Indian, i. 90. 



on Shell River, i. 436. 



of the Hurons, ii. 164. 



Grazing land on the Red Assinniboine and 



Saskatchewan Rivers, i. 250. 

 " Grief offering " of Mis-tick-oos, chief of 



the Crees, i. 363. 

 Grindstone Point, Big, ii. 14. 

 rocks at, ii. 16. 



Grindstone Point, Little, Lake Winnipeg, 



i. 492; ii. 12, 13. 

 rocks at, ii. 17. 



