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INDEX. 



Palliser, Captain, his proposed boundary of 



the new colony, ii. 230. 

 Palmer worm of the United States, i. 93. 

 Palmer, Lieut., his explorations in British 



Columbia, ii. 226. 

 Pa-oo-nan, Point, or the "Waiting Place, on 



Lake Manitobah, ii. 39. 

 Partridge Crop River, ii. 30, 34. 



houses of a former mission at, ii. 34. 



Indian resort, ii. 35. 



birds in the marshes of, ii. 35. 



Pas, or Cumberland Station, Saskatchewan 



River, i. 452. 



church and school-house at, i, 453. 



Pasquia Mountain, i. 233, 236. 

 Peguis, the great Ojibway chief, i. 204. 



his letter, ii. 173. 



his second letter, ii. 175. 



Pekan, or Little Fork River, i. 82. 

 Pelicans on Oak Lake, i. 294. 

 Pelly, Fort, i. 1 37. 

 Pembina, town of, i. 157, 254, 255. 

 Pembina River, i. 244. 

 — — sources of the, i. 290. 

 Pembina Mountain, i. 156, 233, 438. 

 ■ ■ timber of, i. 156. 



character of the ancient beach ridge 



of, ii. 261. 



— terraces of, ii. 242. 



Fort, i. 156; ii. 87, 88. 



■ hospitality of Mr. Murray there, i. 



156. 



temperature at, ii. 88. 



Pemmican, mode of making, i. 312. 



fish, of the Indians, i. 487. 



Pemmican Portage, i. 446. 



■ cache, mode of making a, ii. 89. 



Pennawa River, i. 117, 118. 



• animals on the, i 118,119. 



Peter, St., River, altitude of the sources of, 

 ii. 24. 



Pheasants' Creeks, first and second (in Cree, 



Akiskoowi sepesis), i. 371. 

 Pheasant Mountain, i. 422. 



rich soil of, i. 422. 



aspen forests of the, i. 245. 



Pickerel Lake, i. 66. 

 Pie Island, i. 13. 24. 



Pigean Indians, country occupied by the, 



ii. 158. 

 Pigeon River, i. 22. 



notes of the route by the, i. 74. 



Pigeon traps, i. 277. 



Pigeons, vast numbers of, near the Blue 



Hills of the Souris, i. 292. 

 Pike Head (Lake Winnipeg), i. 490; ii. 



19,20, 



Pike, or Jack- Fish, River, i, 490. 



dimensions of, i. 491. 



Pike caught in Dauphin Lake, ii. 49, 59, 



Pine forest near Milles Lacs, remains of a, 



i. 63, 64. 

 Pine Lake, i. 68, 69. 

 Pine Creek River, i, 138. 

 Pine Creek, luxuriant vegetation of, i. 246. 



sand dunes at, i. 287. 



Pine Island Lake, i. 238, 446. 



Pine, or Tamarac River, character of 'the 



prairie of, i. 256 ; ii. 89. 

 Pine Island, i. 447, 448. 

 Pipestone Creek, i. 307. 



■ valley of, i. 307. 



boulders near, i. 307. 



Indian monument near, i. 307. 



Pitcher plant ( Sarracenia purpurea), at 



Height of Land Lake, i. 57. 

 " Pitching tracks " of the Indians, ii, 51. 

 Plains and prairies, difference between, i. 



348, 349. 



limits of the plains of Rupert's Land, 



i. 350. 



Plains of the north-western territories of the 

 United States and British America, i. 

 351. 



Plain plateau of Rupert's Land, ii. 243. 

 area of, ii. 243. 



Plum, or Snake Creek, boulders of lignite 



found near, i. 293, 294. 

 Point aux Chiens Falls and Rapids, i. 116. 

 Pomme de Prairie, or Indian turnip, i. 319. 

 Ponds, inland, near Lake Winnipeg, ii. 9. 

 Population, Indian, of British America, ii. 



1 45, et seq. 



of Red River Settlements, i. 176. 



Porcupine Hill, i. 236, 433, 434. 

 Portage, Decharges des Paresseux, i. 34. 



Barriere, i 50. 



Brule, or Side Hill Path, i. 63. 



Crow, i. 72. 



de Milieu, i. 58. 



des Deux Rivieres, i. 67. 



du Bois, i. 116. 



du Morts, i. 66. 



French, i. 66. 



Great Dog, i. 39 ; ii. 257, 258. 



Great Savanne, i. 59. 



Grand Falls, i. 72. 



Grand Portage of Pigeon River, i. 74. 



Height of Land Portage, i. 76. 



Island, i. 68, 69. 



Jourdain, i. 50. 



Keg, or Baril, i. 61. 



Nameaukan, i. 72. 



Nu, i. 73. 



Prairie, or Height of Land, i. 52. 



Prairie, i. 139, 141, 143,205, 283. 



Rattlesnake, i. 70. 



Rat, i. 104, 107. 



Roche Brule, i. 116. 



Turtle, i. 94. 



