INDEX. 



457 



Mud flats in the South Branch of the Sas- 

 katchewan, i. 384, 392. 



near Muddy Lake, i. 456". 



■ layers of stratified, ii. 254. 



Murray, Mr., of Pembina Fort, his hospi- 

 tality, i. 156. 



— — his survey of the north side of Lake 

 Huron, ii. 213. 



Muskeg River, i. 85. 



Muskeg Indians, or Swampy Crees, i. 112. 



their superstitions, i. 113. 



Musk rats on the Winnipeg River, i. 118. 

 Muttontine, or River of the Rapids, i. 82. 



Nameaukan River, i. 70. 



vegetation on the shores of the, i. 73. 



Nameaukan Rapids, i. 72. 



narrow escape at the, i. 73. 



Nameaukan Lake, i. 73. 

 area of, i. 73. 



Narrows of the Little Saskatchewan, ii. 29, 

 30. 



Nautilus Dekayi. ii. 343. 

 Nee-bing township, i. 32. 

 Nelson River, falls and rapids of, i. 253. 

 Nepowewin Mission, main Saskatchewan 

 River, i. 397, 399. 



the Rev. Henry Budd, i. 399. 



origin of the name, i. 399. 



prospects of the mission, i. 400. 



limited area of fertile land at, i. 400. 



Nequauquon Lake, or Lac St. Croix, i. 68, 

 70. 



Netly Creek, Red River, i. 123. 

 Newspaper, the first published at Red River 



Settlement, i. 152. 

 Nine Mile Swamp, i. 164. 



proposals for the drainage of, i. 164. 



" Nor'-Wester," a newspaper published at 

 Red River settlement, i. 152. 



extract from the, i. 184. 



North-west Company, history of the, ii. 207. 

 Nu Portage, i. 73. 



Oak Creek, in La Riviere Seine, i. 168. 



Oak Point Lake, Manitobah, ii. 76. 



settlement at, ii. 77. 



Oats, cultivation of, at Red River settle- 

 ments, i. 227. 



Oar Lake, wildfowl on, i. 294. 



Ochre, yellow, at Punk Island, Lake Win- 

 nipeg, ii. 18. 



Ojibways, Canadian treaty with the, i. 28. 



■ of the expedition, i. 33. 



language, sermon in the, i. 30. 



scene of a battle between them and 



the Sioux, i. 41. 



their indifference and selfishness, i. 45. 



■ ■ cannibalism of the, in 1811, i. 65. 



on Sturgeon Lake, i. 69. 



Ojibways, at Fort Frances, i. 83. 



their tumuli at Rainy River, i. 90. 



their refusal at the Lake of the Woods 



to allow the expedition to proceed, 



i. 99. 



fishing ground on Roseau River, i. 



163. 



Christians at Red River, i. 201. 



tents on the banks of Red River, i. 



202. 



chief, Peguis, i. 204. 



encampment at Prairie Portage, i. 



281. 



unavailing efforts of Archdeacon Coch- 

 rane to Christianise them, i. 281. 



fish weir of, near Prairie Portage, i. 



283. 



a young hunter at Fort Ellice, i. 313. 



good fishermen, i. 415. 



hunter, i. 424. 



of Rainy Lake, celebrated war path 



of the, n. 28, 29. 



of Lake Winnipeg, celebrated war- 

 path of the, ii. 29. 



congregation at Fairford, ii. 36. 



their migration to Red River, ii. 122. 



their real home, ii. 122. 



■ their graves on Red River, ii. 122. 



progress of the, at Red Lake, ii. 196. 



their mode of painting the skin, ii. 



137. 



tobacco pipes, ii. 139. 



ties of kindred and relationship 



amongst the, ii. 145. 

 Ontario, Lake, variations in the level of, i. 

 20. 



Opashkwa Lake, ii. 9S. 



Oregon, lignite of, ii. 348. 



Organic remains, absence of, on the banks 



of the Souris, i. 295. 

 Otter Falls, on the Winnipeg River, i. 117. 

 Otter Tail Lake, i. 125, 261, 

 Otter Tail River, 261. < 

 Otter Tail City, i. 262. 

 Owen, Dr., his description of Pembina 



Mountain quoted, ii. 261, 262. 



Pacific, routes from Red River to the, ii. 22, 



et seq. 



Pai-poonge township, i. 32. 



Pakitawiwin, or first Fishing Lake of the 



Qu'appelle, i. 370. 



its wonderful depth, i. 370. 



fish of, i. 370. 



— — — confervas in, i. 370. 



Palliser, Captain, his opinion as to Red 



River as an English colony, ii. 219. 



results of his expedition, ii. 222. 



his description of the region drained 



by the Saskatchewan, ii. 233. 



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