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INDEX. 



Punk Island, ii. 17. 



yellow ochre at, ii. 17, 18. 



Quadrupeds on the Kaministiquia River, 

 i. 55. 



■ on the Winnipeg River, i. 115. 



seen near the South Branch of the 



Saskatchewan, i. 393. 

 Qu'appelle, or Calling River, i. 133. 



description of the, i. 242. 



valley of the, i. 237, et seq. 



timber of the valley of the, i. 245. 



« country near the banks of the, i. 314. 



birds of the, i. 316. 



fertility of the country north of the, 



i. 317. 



sterility of the prairie between the 49th 



parallel and the, i. 317. 

 i expeditions formed for the descent and 



ascent of the, i. 320. 



tortuous course of the, i. 329, 331. 



section of the barks of the, i. 330. 



■' temperature of the, i. 331. 



ice-marks on the hanks of the, i. 331. 



buffalo tracks on the, i. 331. 



■ frequent thunderstorms on the, i. 333. 



the Grand Forks, i. 334. 



■ one of the sources of the, i. 347, S52. 



origin of its name, i. 370. 



its breadth below the First Fishing 



River, i. 371. 

 affluents below the First Fishing River, 



i. 371. 



— - effects of fires on the vegetation of the 

 north bank, i. 372. 



granite boulders in the river at the 



Stony Barrier, i. 376. 



dimensions of the river from Big Cut- 

 aim Creek to its mouth, i. 377. 



timber and undergrowth for ten miles 



above its mouth, i. 377. 



Qu'appelle Valley, i. 237. 



its importance, i. 320. 



exploration of the, i. 320. 



encampment in the, i. 323. 



birds of the, i. 330. 



aspect of the valley during the floods 



•of 1852, i. 329. 



hill sides of, i. 329. 



white cranes seen in the, i. 329. 



. drift clay and limestone erratics in the, 



i. 332, 



— frequent thunderstorms in the, i. 333. 



. dimensions of the, i. 335, 341, 343. 



. boulders on the Sandy Hills of the, 



i. 353. 



view of the, from the Sandy Hills, 



i. 354. 



■ transverse section of the, at the Height 

 of Land, i. 355. 



Qu'appelle Valley, cretaceous rock at the 

 summit level of the, i. 363. 



boulders on the, i. 363, 364. 



depth of, at the First Fishing River, 



i. 370. 



flooding of the valley, i. 377. 



its wonderful uniformity, i. 378. 



its length from the Second Fishing 



Lake to its junction with the As- 



sinniboine, i. 378. 

 ■■ its leading dimensions, i. 426, 429. 

 character of the great plain it inter- 

 sects, i. 427. 



lakes in the valley, i. 428, 429. 



their depth, i. 428. 



timber in the valley, i. 428. 



floods in the, i. 428. 



effects of a dam across the south branch 



of the Saskatchewan, i. 428. 

 table of the length, breadth, and depth 



of the Qu'appelle Valley at different 



points, i. 429. 



enormous boulder in the, ii. 255. . 



Qu'appelle Lakes, i. 319, 428. 



area of, i. 237. 



described, i. 320. 



source of the, i. 361. 



their depth, i. 428. 



table showing the length, breadth, and 



depth of the, i. 430. 

 Qu'appelle Mission, its beautiful situation, 



i. 321. 



garden at the, i. 322. 



Quartz rocks near Milles Lacs, i. 62. 

 Quebec, temperature of, ii. 372. 

 Quills, goose, great numbers of, i. 412. 

 Quill Lake, i. 412. 



Rabbit Point, Cedar Lake, i. 458. 

 Rabbits, multitudes of, on the Winnipeg 



River and Lake of the Woods, i. 1 69. 

 numerous, on the banks of the As- 



sinniboine, i. 284 



near the Riding Mountain, ii. 52. 



Rainy Lake, i. 62, 74. 



description of, i. 80. 



when frozen, i. 81. 



Rainy River, described, i, 81. 



general course of, i. 81. 



Indian fishing ground of, i. 81. 



affluents of, i. 82. 



soil on the banks of, i. 84. 



general aspect of the banks and valley 



of, i. 86. 



alluvial terraces of, i. 91, 92. 



Rapid River, or Little Saskatchewan, i. 



138, 437. 



source of, ii. 257. 



Rapid, the Grand, of the Saskatchewan, i. 



467. 



