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INDEX. 



Rocky Mountains, passes of the, ii. 224. 



plateau, elevation of, ii. 362. 



Iloman Catholic Missions, stations and con- 

 gregations in Red River Settle- 

 ments, i. 194, 196. 



churches in Red River, i. 206. 



Root crops, cultivation of, at Red River 



Settlements, i. 228. 

 Rose Lake, i. 76. 

 Roseau River, i. 127, 157. 



its course and physical. features, i. 157, 



158. 



ancient lake ridge, i. 157. 



Roseau Lake, i. 158. 



route from, to the Lake of the Woods, 



i. 159, 161, 



Roses of the prairie, north of the Qu'appelle 

 River, i. 331. 



Rostellaria Americana, ii. 344. 



Round Lake ( Ka-wa-wi-ga- Kamag), Qu'- 

 appelle River, its dimensions, i. 375. 



Rum, dehasing influence of, amongst the 

 heathen Indians, ii. 38. 



Indian hankering after, i. 322. 



Rupert's Land, Bishop of, quotation from a 

 letter from, to the author, i. 215. 



■ growth of timber in the river bottoms 



in, i. 350. 



limits of plains and prairies of, i. 



350. 



> Bishop of, and his work, ii. 201. 



- his charge, January 1860, ii 203. 



prairie plateau of, ii. 243 



Sale, La Riviere, i 133, 154 



country lying between it and the As- 

 sinniboine, i. 154. 



■ prairie of, i 248. 



Salt Springs on the Riviere Sale, i. 155 



deposits near Stony Mountain, i 279, 



281. 



springs near Lake Winnipegosis, ii 



42. 



character of the country near the, ii 



43. 



description of the salt works, ii. 44, 45. 



process of making the salt, ii. 45 



in Minnesota and Dakotah territoiies, 



ii. 292 



■ localities north of the 49th parallel in 



which salt springs occur, ii 293 



— manufacture of salt, ii. 293 



salt trade of the United States, ii. 294 



Salter, Mr., his survey of the north shore of 

 Lake Huron, ii. 213. 



Salutations amongst various tribes., ii. 140. 



" Sail Rock," near Milles Lacs, i 62. 



Sand ridges in Great Dog Lake, i 46, 48. 



. and mud flats in the Assinniboine 



River, i 141. 



Sand dunes near the Lake of the Woods, i. 

 94, 95. 



dunes at Pine Creek, Assinniboine 



River, i 287. 

 dunes near Plum Creek, Little Souris 



River, i 293 



dunes on the Assiniboine River, i. 285. 



dunes probably derived from tertiary 



rocks, ii. 345. 

 dunes, progress of dunes evidence of 



the force and direction of prevailing 



winds, ii. 363. 



of the Souris, i. 294. 



section of the banks of the Little 



Souris, or Moose River, at the, i. 



294, 



deposit of bog iron ore at the, i. 295. 



of the Qu'appelle, i. 352. 



ponds at the, feeding the South Branch 



and the Assinniboine Rivers, i. 352, 



355. 



description of the Sandy Hills, i. 353. 



of the Qu'appelle, i. 353, 354, 355. 



— view from the, i. 354. 



on the Saskatchewan, i. 387. 



between Lakes Superior and Winni- 

 peg, ii. 264. 

 ranges, ii. 264. 



Sandstone rocks at the summit level of the 

 Qu'appelle Valley, i. 363. 



on the South Branch of the Saskat- 

 chewan, i. 384. 



on Sugar Island, ii. 31. 



Sandy Bar, Lake Winnipeg, ii. 12. 



Sandy Hills, described, i. 285. 



length and breadth of the, i. 288. 



Lake of the, i. 94, 342, 352. 



buffalo at the, i. 342. 



camp at the, i. 344. 



Sandy Lake, i. 22. 



Saskatchewan River, etymology of the name, 

 i. 238. 



course of the south branch, i. 23S. 



rate of current and depth of the south 



branch, i. 239. 



course of the main river, i. 239. 



— width, depth, and rate of current, i. 



239, 240. 



its affluents, i. 241. 



— — areas fit for settlement, in the valley 



of the, i. 249. 



area of country drained by the, i. 252„ 



drift on the, ii. 249. 



tiers of boulders on the, ii. 254. 



ponds at the Sandy Hills feeding the, 



i. 352, 355. 



rocks on the, i. 380. 



altitude of exposure, i. 380. 



selenite on the, i. 381. 



lignite and sandstone on the, i. 384. 



