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INDEX. 



451 



Indian condition of the, in the valley of 

 the Saskatchewan, ii. 143. 



scarcity of game, ii. 143. 



small-pox, ii. 143, 162, 163. 



sickness, ii. 144. 



Sioux bows and arrows, ii. 144. 



idea of thunder and lightning, ii. 144. 



' population of British America, ii. 

 145. 



origin of races, ii. 145. 



kindred and relationship, ii. 145. 



estimate of the Indian population of 



Rupert's Land, ii. 149. 



number of Indians frequenting dif- 

 ferent posts, ii. 1 50. 



the Sioux or Dakotahs, ii. 153. 



the Blackfeet, ii. 157. 



Indians near boundary line, ii. 158. 



— i — ■ census of the Indians of the United 

 States, in the territories adjoining 

 British America, ii. 159. 



early history of the Indians who for- 

 merly occupied Canada and the 

 northern States of the Union, ii. 

 160. 



mutability of Indian nations, ii. 160. 



the Hurons, Iroquois, and Prairie 



Indians, ii. 162. 

 destruction of Indians by disease, ii. 



162. 



See also Missionary Labour. 



Indian title in Canada, ii. 167. 



importance of the question in Ru- 

 pert's Land, ii. 167, 177. 



cost of Indian wars to the United 



States Government, ii. 168. 



— — advance of settlements towards the 

 west, ii. 168. 



probability of a war with, between 



the United States and the Sioux, 

 ii. 168. 



warriors of the frontier tribes, ii. 169. 



remarks of the Right Hon. E. El- 

 lice, on Indian title in Canada, ii. 

 _ 170. 



views of the Commissioners of 1847, 



ii. 171. 



title to Red River, ii. 172. 



grant to Lord Selkirk, ii. 172. 



treaty between him and the Crees and 



Salteaux of Red River, ii. 173. 



Peguis: his letter, ii. 173, 175. 



answer of Mr. McDermott, ii. 175. 



meeting of the half-breeds of Red 



River, ii. 176. 

 — — opinion respecting Indian title, ii. 



177. 



treaty of the Americans with the 



northern part of Minnesota on the 

 Red Ri\er, ii. 177. 



Indian Head Hills, i. 317. ' 



lakes of the, i. 317. 



view from the, i. 318. 



Industry, remains of former, in the valley 

 of the Kaministiquia, i. 32. 



Inoceramus, gigantic fossil, found, i. 292. 



Inoceramus Canadensis, ii. 335. 



Iron ore, bog, deposit, at the Sand Hills of 

 the Tonril, i. 295. 



Iron-stone, clay, on the Souris, ii. 329. 



bands of this formation, ii. 330. 



distribution of, ii. 331. 



richness of, compared with that from 



England and Scotland, ii. 332, 333. 



Professor Croft's analysis, ii. 333. 



Iroquois Indians of the expedition, i. 33. 



the family nearly extinct, ii. 181. 



■ its former strength, ii. 181. 



Iroquois Confederation, ii. 181 



history of them, ii. 181. 



engaged for the Assinniboine and Sas- 

 katchewan expedition, i. 274. 



institutions of the, ii. 147 



their former strength and present con- 

 dition, ii. 160. 



Island, Big Black, ii. 12. 



Big Birch, Saskatchewan River, i. 



445. 



■ Bush Kega, i. 485. 



Caribon (Lake Winnipeg), i. 4 80. 



Cherry, ii. 39. 



Deer, Lake Winnipeg, ii. 12. 



Fisher Bay, ii. 19. 



Garden, i. 96, 97, 100. 



Granite, ii. 17. 



Great Moose, ii. 1 9. 



Great Black (Lake Winnipeg), i. 



485. 



Gnessoid, ii. 32. 



Gull, i. 477. 



Juniper, ii. 19. 



Keating, i. 95 — 97. 



of Kash-ke-bu-jes-pu-qua-ne-shing, i. 



457. 



Manitoulin, ii. 187. 



Manitobah, ii. 269. 



Pie, i. 13, 24. 



Pine, i. 447, 448. 



Portage, i. 68, 69. 



Punk, ii. 17. 



Welcome, i. 25. 



. Willow, ii. 9, 10. 



Islands, Agate, i. 13. 



Snake, ii. 42. 



Sugar, ii. 30, 31. 



of the Winnipeg River, i. 107, 116. 



Islington Mission, i. 110. 



fertility of, i. 110. 



state of, ii. 111. 



■ divine service at, i. 112. 



