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INDEX. 



Red River Settlements, difficulties of mis- 

 sionary enterprise at present, i. 210. 

 privations and difficulties at remote 



stations, i. 211. 

 communication between Fort Garry 



and St. Paul, i. 212, 213. 



■ education in the settlements, i. 214. 



statistics and enumeration of schools, 



i. 214. 



. condition of agricultural industry, i. 



233. 



apathy of the settlers, i. 223, 224. 



cultivated crops, i 225. 



live stock of the settlement, i. 228. 



agricultural implements, i. 229. 



facilities for raising stock, i. 230. 



timber at Red River, i. 231. 



■ ■ sketch of the country west of Red 



River, i. 233. 



wooded and prairie land, i. 244 



notice of the Red River post-office, i. 



257 note. 



Red Deer River, i 242. 



lignite on, ii 348. 



Red Deer's Head River, swarms of grass- 

 hoppers near the, i. 296. 



scarcity of animal life at the mouth of 



the, i. 299, 300 



watermarks on the banks of the, i. 



305. 



prairie north of the, i. 305. 



Red Eye River, i. 261. 



Reed River, i. 162. 



Refraction, wonderful effect of, i. 97. 



Rice, wild, of the marshes of the Lake of 



the Woods, i. 96. 

 vast rice grounds of the Winnipeg 



River, i. 116. 



of the Pennawa River, i. 118. 



■ failure of the crop, i. 1 18. 



wild, of turtle River, ii. 98. 



Richardson, Sir John, his estimate of the 



altitude of Lake Superior, i. 17. 

 his sun-dial at Cumberland House, i. 



449. 



i his description of the coast line of 



Lake Winnipeg, quoted, ii. 21. 

 Ridge dividing the valley of the Mississippi, 



and Lake Superior, i. 21, 

 — dividing lake between the Embarras 



River and Lake Superior, i. 21. 

 — — the Big, of the prairie of the Assin- 



niboine River, i. 146. 

 Pitching Track, near Dauphin Lake, 



ii. 62. 



Ridges of sand in Great Dog Lake, i. 46, 

 48. 



ancient prairie, i. 277. 



Riding Mountain, i. 136, 233, 234, 241. 



Riding Mountain, timber of the, i. 244, 

 247. 



region to the east of, an insignificant 



field for settlements, i. 250. 



ponds and lakes of the, i. 435. 



view of the, from Moss River, ii. 48. 



— — journey from Dauphin Lake to the 

 summit of, ii. 50. 



rabbits and moose at the foot of the, 



ii. 52, 53. 



character of the soil at the foot of the, 



ii. 53. 



terraces, ii. 54. 



conical hills, ii. 54. 



view from the summit of, ii. 55. 



former character of, ii. 55. 



denudation, ii. 56. 



vast table land, ii. 56. 



forest covering, ii. 56. 



snow-storm on, ii. 57. 



descent of, ii. 58. 



estimate of ascents and descents of, ii. 



58. 



ancient beach ridges of, ii. 263. 



its probable common origin with Duck 



Mountain, ii. 266. 

 River Assinniboine, i. 127, 132, 136, 246. 



Basquia, i. 452. 



Battle, i. 357. 



Beaver Creek, i. 138. 



Big- Stone, i. 448. 



Birdstail, i. 138, 246. 



Brule, i. 63. 



Crane, ii. 40. 



Carrot, or Root, River, i. 407, 



409. 



Crow Wing, i. 261, 262. 



Current, i. 30, 42. 



Dauphin, or Valley, ii. 48, 60. 



■ des Isles des Bois, i. 155. 



Drunken, ii. 11. 



Elbow Bone, i. 138. 



Embarras, i. 22 



Fire Steel, i. 62. 



German Creek, i. 127, 132, 166, 



168. 



Gull Egg, or the Two Rivers, i. 



483. 



Hauteur de Terre, i. 261. 



Jack Fish, ii. 19. 



James's, i. 351, 352. 



— Jumping River, i. 483. 



Kahlawakalk, i. 82. 



Kakmaskatawagan, i. 82. 



Kaministiquia, i. 22, et seq. 



Kapowenekenow, i. 82. 



Kawawakissinweek, i. 82. 



Kettle, i. 22. 



Kiskarko, i. 82. 



