INDEX. 



455 



Mammoth bones at Valley River, i. 313. 



bones of a, on the banks of Valley 



River, ii. 60. 

 Mandan Indians, i. 299. 



villages of the, i. 299. 



. remains of, on the Yellowstone River, 



i. 299. 



Manitobah, Lake, i. 143, 235, 241. 



area of, i. 237. 



richness of the prairies of, i. 242. 



fishing station on the, i. 439. 



boulders, Devonian, rocks and fossils 



on the shores of, ii. 38, 39. 



■ depth of, ii. 39. 



— • — wild swans on, ii. 39. 



entered from Partridge Crop River, 



ii. 38. 



— splendid prairies bordering on the 



southern shores of, ii. 76. 



distribution of boulders on, ii. 256. 



Manitobah House, arrival of the author, ii. 

 64. 



> snow storm at, ii. 66. 



situation of the Post, ii. 66. 



Manitobah Island, ii. 69. 



extent of, ii. 69. 



• timber of, ii. 69. 



Devonian fossils found on, ii. 70. 



animals shot on, ii. 70. 



Indian superstitions relating to, ii. 70. 



Manitou Lake, i. 431. 



origin of its name, i. 431. 



Manitou Rapids, i. 82, 88. 

 Manitou dwellings, ii. 131. 



offerings to the Manitou, ii. 133, 134. 



Manitouaning, history of the village of, ii. 



187, 3 88. 

 Manitoulin islands, ii. 187, note. 



mission at the, ii. 187 — 189. 



■ population in 1857, ii. 188. 



Mantagao-sebe Bay, Lake Winnipeg, ii. 



20. 



Map, an Indian, of the Qu'appelle Valley 



to the Assinniboine, i. 370. 

 Maple trees, i. 127, 128. 



■ ash-leaved, at Red River, i. 228. 



Maple Creek, Qu'appelle River, i. 331. 

 Marsh River, i. 260. 



Marshy Lake, Saskatchewan River, i. 455. 

 Marshes on the Saskatchewan River, i, 456, 

 457. 



■ on the Little Saskatchewan, i. 484. 



at Partridge Crop River, ii. 34. 



host of ducks on the, ii. 35. 



near the Riding Mountain, ii. 51, 52. 



Martin, Lake St., i. 237, 241 ; ii. 27. 



clear water of the, ii. 29. 



» boulders on the shores of, ii. 32. 



depth of, ii. 33. 



Martin's Rocks, St., ii. 32. 



Mayne, Lieut. R., his exploration in Bri- 

 tish Columbia, ii. 228. 



McDermott, Mr., of Red River Settle- 

 ment, i. 136. 



McKay's Mountain, i. 26. 



timber of, i. 27. 



Medicine man, incantations of a, i. 417. 



feasts of the Wood Indians, ii. 123. 



or conjuring ceremonies of the Indians, 



ii. 127. 



Mesaskatomina berry, the, i. 339, 382, 383, 

 386. 



Meuron, Fort de, remains of the, i. 32. 

 Michigan, Indian progress in, ii. 195. 

 Michipicoten island, i. 12, 13. 



harbour, i. 12. 



Milieu, Portage de, i. 58. 



Milles Lacs, i. 46, 59—61. 



Minnesota, treaty of the Americans with 



the Salteaux for the northern portion of, 



ii. 177. 



Mirage, singular effects of, i. 13. 



effects of, in the prairie, i. 305. 



Miry Creek, Swan River, i. 435. 

 Mis-ke-na, chief of the fishes," Indian 



superstition respecting the, ii. 15. 

 Missatchabe, or Big Fork River, i. 82. 

 Mission of the Immaculate Conception on 



the Kaministiquia, i. 27, 29. 



the Qu'appelle, i. 321, 322. 



difficulties arising from the prejudices 



of the various Indian Tribes, i. 324. 

 Mission and Missionaries at Red River Set- 

 tlement, account of the, i. 194 et seq. 

 Missionaries, Indian objections to native, i. 

 324. 



Missionary labour and its results among the 



Indians, ii. 178. 



- Indians in Canada, ii. 178. 



distinction between Indian nations, ii. 



179. 



families, nations, tribes, and bands, ii. 



180. 



Indian families of Rupert's Land and 



Canada, ii. 180. 

 statistics of Indians in Canada, ii. 



184. 



Canadian special commission, ii. 185. 



efforts to ameliorate the condition of 



the Indians, ii. 186. 

 the Manitoulin Islands and the mission 



at Manitouaning, ii. 187. 



Wesleyan Methodist Missions, ii. 190. 



failure of the manual labour schools, 



ii. 191. 



— ■ condition of some Indian villages in 



Canada, ii. 192. 

 the Indians of the northern coasts of 



Lakes Huron and Superior, ii. 192. 

 treaty with these Indians, ii. 193. 



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