INDEX. 



459 



Portage Bay (Lake Winnipeg), i. 480. 

 Portage River, dry bed of a tributary of, i. 

 440. 



Portages, table of, ii. 427. 

 Post office, Red River, notice of, i. 257, 

 note. 



Posts, provision trading, of the Hudson's 



Bay Company, i. 311. 

 Prairie hen ( Tetrao cupido), resort of the, 



i. 160, 256. 

 battles of the males during pairing 



season, i. 160, 

 Prairie Portage, i. 52. 



vegetation on the banks of, i. 53. 



estimates of the heights of, i. 53. 



height of the banks of the Assinniboine 



at, i. 139. 



sand and mud flats in the river at, i. 



141. 



origin of the name, i. 143. 



view of the village of, i. 145. 



settlement at, i. 176. 



«- description of the mission at, i. 204. 



Ojibway encampment at, i. 281. 



fertility of the prairie at, i. 282. 



■ beach and terrace at, ii. 259. 

 River, i. 50. 



thick fringes of rushes of, i. 51. 



■ source of, i. 52. 



Prairies of Red River, described, i. 134, 

 233, et seq. 



of the Assinniboine River, i. 147. 



grasshoppers on the, i. 147. 



of the Assinniboine — Mr. Gowler's 



view of the capabilities of the, i. 

 151. 



of La Riviere Sale, i. 156. 



richness of the, of Lake Manitobah, i. 



244. 



and wooded land west of Red River, 



i. 224 



fires, i. 256, 291. 



description of one, i. 259. 



. ridges, ancient, i. 277, 279, 280. 



fertility of the, at Prairie Portage, i. 



282." 



vast, beyond the Blue Hills of the 



Souris, i. 291. 

 appearance of a, after a visit from a 



flight of grasshoppers, i. 398. 



view from the prairie, i. 305. 



— effects of mirage on the, i. 305. 



northern limit of the burnt prairie, i. 



305. 



great prairie north of the Red Deer's 



Head River, i. 305. 

 wanderers in prairies, singular facility 



of, for journeying direct to places at 



great distances from each other, i. 



309 



Prairie, Great, between the 49th parallel and 

 the Qu'appelle River, its sterility,!. 

 317. 



Prairies, grandeur of fires in the, i. 336. 

 limits of the prairie country of the 



United States, i. 349. 



and of Rupert's Land, i. 350. 



origin of the groves scattered over the 



prairies, i. 350. 

 and plains, difference between, i. 348, 



349. 



scene described, i. 375. 



treeless, on the South Branch of the 



Saskatchewan, i. 384, 385, 387- 



extension of the, from fires, i. 405. 



salt, at the foot of the Touchwood 



Hills, i. 412. 

 Marshy, of Pheasant Mountain and 



File" Hill, i. 422. 

 Willow, i. 423. 



drained by Little White Mud River, 



i. 438. 



fertility of, i. 438. 



of the Assinniboine, i. 439. 



splendid, bordering the southern shores 



of Lake Manitobah, ii. 76. 

 aspect of the, in the winter season, ii. 



87. 



■ travelling across a, at 20 degrees be- 

 low zero, ii. 92. 



plateau of Rupert's Land, ii. 243. 



boundaries of, ii. 243. 



area of, ii. 243. 



■ effects of ice in distributing boulders 



over the prairies of Red River, ii. 

 257. 



ancient beach ridges in the prairies, ii. 



261. 



end or tail of the prairies, ii. 376. 



prairies converted into forest land in 



Missouri, ii. 377. 

 Pratt, Charles, the half-breed catechist, i. 

 317. 



Presbyterian mission and congregation at 

 Red River Settlement, i. 1 96. 



• Church at Red River Settlement,!. 205. 



school at Red River Settlement, i. 219. 



Protestant missions in Red River Settle- 

 ments, i. 194, 195. 



Protestant schools at Red River Settlement, 

 i. 214. 



subjects taught, i. 216. 



distinguished scholars, i. 216, 217. 



school attendance, i. 217, 218. 



sources of income, i. 218. 



Provisions for the Assinniboine and Sas- 

 katchewan expedition, i. 276. 



Indian mode of carrying them, i. 339. 



Psoralea esculenta (Indian turnip), abun- 

 dance of, i. 319. 



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