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INDEX. 



Missionary labours : distribution of annuities 

 by the Hudson's Bay Company, ii. 

 193. 



■ suggestions as to a permanent fund for 



the supervision and instruction of 

 the Indians, ii. 194. 



aggregate quantity of land surrendered 



by the Indians of Canada, ii. 194. 



circumstances favourable to the civilis- 

 ation and progress of the Indians, ii. 

 195. 



suggestions as to the amelioration of 



the Indians generally, ii. 196. 



conclusions of the Canadian Commis- 

 sioners, ii. 1 96. 



missionary labours in Rupert's Land, 



ii. 198. 



the schoolhouse the main hope, ii. 199. 



suggestions for the establishment of a 



general store for outposts, ii. 199. 

 want of a general familiarity with the 



native languages, ii. 200. 

 the Bishop of Rupert's Land and his 



labours, ii. 201. 



> his charge in January 1 860, ii. 203. 



the Earl of Southesk and the Assinni- 



boine Indians, ii. 204. 

 the " Church in the Wilderness," ii. 



204. 



a Plain Cree's mode of remembering 



Sunday, ii. 205. 

 Mississippi River, i. 21, 22. 

 ridge separating the valley of the, from 



Lake Superior, i. 21. 



elevation of the watershed of, ii. 24. 



Missouri, Grand Couteau de,i. 126, 128,233. 



vast herds of buffalo on the, i. 306. 



River, number of miles at which it is 



navigable, i. 251. 



course of the, i. 351. 



prairies converted into forest land in, 



ii. 377. 



Mis-tick-oos, or Shortstick, chief of the 



Plain Crecs, i. 339. 



visit to him. i. 354, 359. 



description of him, i. 359. 



*' talk " with him and his people, i. 



360. 



• his wants, i. 361. 



his tent, i. 362. 



■ his wives, i. 362. 



death of his son, i. 363. 



— — his grief offering, i. 363. 



second meeting with, ii. 125. 



feud between his tribe and the Black- 

 feet, ii. 1 25. 



ridiculous incident in his tent, ii. 135. 



his son's wife, ii. 136, 



Mocassins, value of, in winter travelling, ii. 

 88. 



Moles, burrows of, on Long Creek, Main 



Saskatchewan, i. 406. 

 " Money," Indian, ii. 28. 

 Montreal, Bishop of, quoted, i. 21. 



■ winter temperature at, ii. 370. 



Monument Bay, i. 103. 

 Moose Lake, i. 76. 

 Moose Woods, i. 339. 



forests of the, i. 245. 



Head Mountain, i. 289. 



Jaws Forks River, i. 300, 428. 



ancient Cree encampment at, i. 



338. 



Mountain Creek, i. 306. 



Woods, character of the vegetation of 



the, i. 386, 387. 

 Lake, i. 455. . 



Island, Great, Lake Winnipeg, ii. 19. 



tracks of, near the Riding Mountain, 



ii. 52. 



Morning in the wilderness described, i. 70 

 —72. 



Morts, Portage du, i. 66. 

 Mosquitoes, persecutions of the, on the 

 banks of the Assinnihoine, i. 286. 



in the Qu'appelle valley, i. 329. 



near the main Saskatchewan River, 



i. 408, 445. 



Moss River, Lake Winnipego-sis, i. 241 ; 



ii. 46. 



rapids of, ii. 47. 



good land on the west bank of, ii. 



48. 



character of the river, ii. 48. 



Mountain Beaver, i. 422. 



Duck, 136, 233, 234, 241, 484, 436 ; 



ii. 48. 



Great Dog, i 39, 40. 



Lake, area of, i. 237. 



Last, i. 413. 



— Mackay's, i. 14, 26, 27. 



Moose Head, i. 289. 



Pasquia, i. 233, 236. 



Pembina, i. 156, 233, 438. 



Pheasant, i. 245, 422. 



Riding, i, 136, 233, 234, 241, 435, 



436; ii. 48. 



Stony, i. 278; ii. 79. 



Thunder, i. 236, 434. 



Touchwood, i. 333. 



Turtle, i. 176, 236, 290, 299. 



Mouse River, or Souris, description of the, 



i. 243. 



valley of the, i. 243. 



Monkman, John, the noted runner, ii. 82. 



engaged by Lord R. Grosvenor and 



party, ii. 82. 

 Muddy Lake, i. 51, 456, 457. 

 Mud and sand flats in the Assinnihoine 

 River, i. 141. 



