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INDEX. 



Indian corn, places in which it best succeeds, 

 i. 148. 



■ cultivated at Red River Settle- 

 ments, i. 225. 



Indian tribes of the Kaministiquia River, i. 

 33. 



their wretchedness, i. 34. 



fishing grounds, i. 81, 96. 



encampments, i. 88. 



tumuli, i. 89. 



graves, i. 90, 436; ii. 122, 124, 164. 



lodges, i. 91. 



council, i. 98, 99. 



Christians, character of, generally, i. 



114. 



at Red River Settlements, i. 124. 



dexterity, i. 119. 



mission, i. 127. 



school, i. 128. 



idea of money, i. 162, 163. 



settlement at Red River, i. 200. 



■ Christian congregation at, i. 200. 



their pastor, Mr. Cowley, i. 200, 



201. 



their novel night-bell, i. 201. 



farm at Red River, i. 203. 



difficulty of Christianizing the, i. 281. 



signs, smell of fire, i. 302, 336. 



monument near Pipestone Creek, i. 



307. 



corpse staged, near Brandon House, 



i. 308. 



method of making pemmican, i. 312. 



Blackfeet and half-breeds, i. 314. 



substitutes for tobacco, i. 315. 



turnip ( Psoralea esculenta), abundance 



of, north of the Qu'appelle River, 



i. 318. 



— '■ — turnip on the Grand Coteau, i. 352. 



adult Christian baptism of the, i. 322. 



threats and Indian diplomacy, i. 334. 



wasteful habits, i. 337, 339, 340, 356, 



357. 



rapidly diminishing in numbers, i. 337. 



■ mode of carrying provisions, i. 339. 



encounter of a young Indian with a 



buffalo bull, i. 345. 



hospitality, i. 374, 485. 



hospitality of the Crees, i. 341. 



■ fondness for rum, i. 341. 



precautions taken against Indian rob- 

 bers, i. 342. 



mode of " bringing in buffalo," i. 



356—359. 



map, of the Qu'appelle Valley to the 



Assiniboine River, i. 370. 

 women bathing in the Qu'appelle, i. 



373. 



absence of, on the south branch of the 



Saskatchewan, i. 394. 



Indian idols on the banks of the Saskatche- 

 wan, i. 400, 402. 



medicine feasts described, i. 403. 



■ destruction of the forest by fire, i. 405. 



metaphors, i. 419, 420, note. 



hunters, their gains from the chase, 



i, 425. 



on the Saskatchewan River, i. 451. 



encampment on the banks of the Sas- 

 katchewan, i. 473. 



on the shores of Lake Winnipeg, i. 480. 



failure of their summer fishery at the 



Grand Rapid, i. 480. 481. 



mode of catching fish, i. 484, 491. 



cor juror, ii. 10. 



war roads and war-path rivers, ii. 28, 29. 



list of celehrated, ii. 28, 29. 



farmer on Partridge Crop River, ii. 35. 



debasing influence of rum, ii. 38. 



race of Water-hen River, their dirty 



habitations, ii. 41. 

 wood and prairie Indians compared, 



ii. 41. 



"pitching tracks," ii. 51. 



hunter on the banks of Ebb and Flow 



Lake, ii. 62. 



interior of his tent, ii. 63. 



" Indian summer," the, ii. 66, 68. 



■ described, ii. 383. 



Indian wealth — the buffalo, the horse, and 



the dog, ii. 1 03, et seq. 

 • antiquities rarely found in the valley 



of the Saskatchewan, ii. 120. 

 ' customs and superstitions, i. 113; ii. 



57, 58, 70, 120. 

 ■ results of the fur trade in the blending 



of the tribes, ii. 121 . 

 • Ojibway invaders of Red River, ii. 



121, 122. 



Mr. Hutchin's list of tribes, ii. 122. 



scalp dance, ii. 122, 123. 



medicine feasts and other ceremonies 



of the Wood Indians, ii. 123. 



cruelty, ii. 125, 126. 



" the Fox," ii. 126. 



■ ■ treatment of prisoners, ii. 126. 



medicine feasts or conjuring ceremo- 

 nies, ii. 128. 



" the happy hunting grounds," ii. 129. 



Manitou dwellings, ii. 131, 133. 



medicine men or conjurors, ii. 131, 133. 



offerings to the Manitou, ii. 133, 136. 



sacrifices and offerings, ii. 134. 



sufferings from their superstitions, ii. 



135. 



custom of painting the skin, ii. 137. 



tobacco pipes, ii. 137. 



salutations, ii. 140. 



character and nature of wild Indians 



in the prairie, ii. 142. 



