INDEX. 



449 



Grosvenor, Lord Richard, his trip into the 

 prairies in search for buffalo, ii. 81. 



his journey from Fort Garry to Fort 



Ellice, ii. 82. 

 Gros Ventres Indians, country of the, ii. 

 158. 



Guano Island, Lake Winnipeg, ii. 12. 

 Guelder roses in the valley of the Assirtni- 



boine River, i. 293. 

 Gulls on the Qu'appelle Fishing Lakes, i. 



327. 



Gull Islands (Winnipeg Lake), i. 476, 477. 

 Gull Egg Rivers, or the Two Rivers, i. 483. 

 Gun Flint Lake, i. 76. 



Hail-storms on the Winnipeg River, i. 109. 



on the Assinniboine River, i. 286. 



in summer, in Rupert's Land, ii. 363. 



Half-breeds of the north-west, character of 

 the, i. 179. 



their summer buffalo hunts, i. 179. 



their improvidence, i. 180. 



■ ■ aids to improvement, i. 180. 



their capabilities, i. 181 — 183. 



Half- Way Bank, latitude of the, i. 285. 



Hauteur de Terre River, i. 261. 



Hay, quantity and quality of, at Red River 



Settlements, i. 227. 

 Hay ground on Long Creek, Main Saskat- 

 chewan, i. 406. 



on the banks of Dauphin Lake, ii. 49. 



— — wild hay, ii. 62. 



Head, Sir Francis, his endeavour to amelio- 

 rate the condition of the Indians, ii. 187. 

 Heart Hill (or Ka~ou-ta-at-tiwark), de- 

 scribed, i. 413, 414. 



lake at the foot of, i. 414. 



Height of Land, i. 52. 



• ■ camp on the, i. 54. 



. atmospheric phenomenon at the, i. 54. 



Height of Land Lake, i. 53. 



description of, i. 57. 



Height of Land Portage, i. 76: 

 Height of Land Hills, i. 260, 261. 

 Hemp, cultivation of, at Red River, i. 228 „ 

 " Hiawatha," quoted, ii. 15. 

 Hops growing wild at Red River, i. 227. 

 Hop, wild, on the banks of the Qu'appelle 

 Fishing Lakes, i. 327. 



luxuriance of the, near Dauphin Lake, 



ii. 61. 



Horse, an Indian buffalo runner, ii. 64. 

 the horse considered as an Indian 



source of wealth, ii. 114. 



Indian training of horses, ii. 114. 



Indian horses excellent watchers, ii. 



115. 



their docility and training, ii. 1 15. 



attachment of Indians to their horses, 



ii. 116. 



Horse hopplings, ii. 1 16. 

 smokes, ii. 117. 



Hudson's Bay Company, objections of the 

 Plain Crees to the, i. 360. 



history of the, ii. 206. 



date of incorporation, ii. 206. 



profits of the Company, ii. 205. 



the North- West Company, ii. 207. 



union of the two Companies, ii. 207. 



profits after the union, ii. 207. 



capital employed by the Company, ii. 



209. 



council and officers of the Company, 



ii. 209. 



departments, districts, and posts, ii. 



210. 



extent of the administration of the 



Company for the prosecution of the 

 fur trade, ii. 21 1. 



Hudson River formation, ii. 289* 



— — fossils found in the, ii. 290. 



Humming-bird on the banks of the Assinni- 

 boine, i. 284. 



Hunter, Archdeacon, of Red River Settle- 

 ment, i. 131. 



" Hunting grounds, happy," of the Indians, 

 ii. 129. 



Huron Indians, former strength of the, ii. 

 161. 



their present condition, ii. 161. 



their customs relative to the dead, ii. 



164. 



their former strength, ii. 181, 182. 



. their dispersion and present condition, 



ii. 182. 



Huron Lake, character of the country north 



of, ii. 212. 

 Huronian series, ii 280. 



description of Huronian rocks, ii. 281. 



Ice furrows of the Laurentides, ii. 245. 



agency of, in the distribution of drift, 



ii. 253. 



action of glacial ice, ii. 254. 



effects of, in distributing boulders on 



Lake Winnipeg, ii. 256. 



and on the Red River prairies, ii. 257. 



lies des Bois, La Riviere des, i. 155. 



Immaculate Conception, mission of the on 

 the Kaministiquia, i. 27. 



Indian Reserve in the valley of the Kami- 

 nistiquia, i. 26. 



on the northern shore of Lake Su- 

 perior, i. 28. 



treaty, between Canada and the Ojib- 



ways, i. 28. 



- congregation at mass, i. 29. 



corn in the valley of the Kaministiquia, 



i. 31. 



kind of, grown on the Assinni- 

 boine River, i. 145. 



