INDEX. 



461 



Rapid, portage, i. 467. 



running the Grand, i. 467. 



— its dimensions, i. 468. 



character of its excavated bed, i. 469. 



magnificence of its upper portion, i. 



470. 



■ mode of ascending it, i. 471. 



remarks in relation to surmounting 



this barrier, and making the Saskat- 

 chewan available for steam naviga- 

 tion, i. 472. 



Raspberries, wild, on the banks of the main 

 Saskatchewan, i. 408. 



Rat Portage, i. 104. 



Falls at, i. 105. 



Hudson's Bay Company's post at, i. 



107. 



Rat River, Big, i. 163, 439. 



importance of the valley of, i. 440. 



Little, i. 164. 



Rattlesnake Portage, i. 70. 

 Red River, ordinary canoe course to, i. 

 94. 



mouths of, i. 123. 



■ character and course of the Red River 



of the north, i. 125. 



• i its tributaries, i. 126. 



the river within British territory, i. 1 26. 



its affluents, i. 126. 



objects seen on ascending it, i. 127. 



its physical features, i. 128. 



grand rapids of, i. 128, 130. 



limestone at Stone Fort, i. 130. 



Big Eddy, i. 130. 



description of the prairies of, i. 134. 



— — scarcity of fuel in the valley of, i. 



144. 



confluence of the, and Assinniboine, 



i. 153. 



■ soil of the country east of, i. 166. 

 account of the settlements on, i. 172, 



et seq. 



route to, via, York Factory, i. 252. 



route to, via St. Paul, i. 253. 



Lake, whence Red River takes its 



rise, i. 261. 

 countless numbers of ducks at the 



mouth of, i. 493. 



temperature of, ii. 5. 



six mouths of, ii. 5. 



formation of new land at the mouths 



of, ii. 7, 8. 



altitude of the sources of, ii. 24. 



■ ■ bands of buffalo, ii. 107. 



Indian title to, ii. 172. 



progress of the Indian settlement at, 



ii. 196. . 



— — communication between, and Canada, 

 ii. 212. 



and the United States, ii. 218. 



Red River, Captain Palliser's opinion as to, 

 as an English colony, ii. 218. 



communication between, and the Pa- 

 cific, ii. 222. 



climate of the valley of, ii. 365. 



temperature of Red River Valley 



compared with that of Toronto, ii. 

 365-367. 



Red Fork River, i. 126. 



Red Lake, i. 126; ii. 95, 98. 



Indian progress in, ii. 196. 



Red Lake River, i. 258 ; ii. 95, 98. 



timber of the valley of, i. 258. 



war path of the Sioux and Ojibways 



at, i. 258. 



Red River Settlements, houses of the inha- 

 bitants of, i. 130. 



Fort Garry and Stone Fort, i. 133. 



King's Road, i. 133. 



the prairie, i. 134. 



a newspaper published at, i. 152. 



success of agricultural pursuits at, i. 



152, 153. 



history of the settlements, i. 172. 



Lord Selkirk and the Scottish emi- 

 grants, i. 172. 



Mr. West, the first missionary, i. 174. 



population of the settlements, i 176. 



administration of justice, i 183. 



trades and occupations, i. 186. 



no division of labour, i. 186, 187. 



mills, i. 187. 



merchant shops and petty traders, i. 



188. 



freighters, i. 189 



tenure of land, i. 189. 



millions of acres of unoccupied land 



fit for settlements, i. J 91 



revenue and expenditure, i. 191. 



missions, i. 194. 



religious denominations, i. 194 



■ missionaries, stations, and congrega- 

 tions, i 195, 196. 



St John's church, i. 196. 



St Andrew's parish and its history, i. 



197. 



St Paul's church, i. 199. 



St James' church, i 200. 



Indian settlement church and farm, i. 



200. 



Pieshyterian church and congregation, 



i. 205, 206. 



Roman Catholic churches and congre- 

 gations, i. 206 



condition of religion at Red River, i, 



209 



extent of the charities of the home 



missionary societies, i. 209 



apathy of the wealthy at Red River, 



i. 209. 



