INDEX. 



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Saskatchewan River, treeless prairie on the, 

 i. 384, 385. 



encampment of Cree Indians on the, 



i. 384. 



mud flats, i. 384, 392. 



driftwood, i. 386. 



aspen forests, i. 386. 



ripple marks, i. 386. 



dimensions of the South Branch, i. 



386, 387. 



excellent district for the establishment 



of a settlement, i. 386. 



timber on the, i. 386. 



sand dunes on the, i. 387. 



altitude of the river banks at the 



Moose Woods, i. 387. 



absence of animal life, i. 388, 393. 



rate of current of the river, i. 388, 389, 



392. 



boulders in drift and boulder pave- 

 ments, on the, i. 389, 390. 



temperature of the air and of the 



river, i. 391, 393. 



— — former aspen forest, i. 391. 



— colour and temperature of the South 



and North Branches compared, i. 

 393. 



absence of Indians on the, i. 394. 



the camp visited by a grizzly bear on 



the, i. 394. 



■ small number of tributaries received 



by the, i. 395. 

 aridity of the country through which 



it flows, i. 395. 

 junction of the North and South 



Branches, i. 395, 396. 

 number of cubic feet of water passing 



down the, per hour, i. 398. 



elevation of the, i. 427. 



effects of a dam across the, i. 428. 



lignite on the, ii. 348. 



climate of the, ii. 373. 



Saskatchewan, North Branch : 



colour and temperature of North and 



South Branches compared, i. 392. 

 > junction of the North and South 



Branches, i. 395, 396. 

 rapidity of the current of the North 



Branch, i. 396. 



dangerous navigation of the, i. 396. 



number of cubic feet of water passing 



down the, per hour, i. 398. 



■ lignite on the, ii. 348. 



Saskatchewan, the Main, i. 397. 



valley of the, i. 397. 



its breadth, depth, and rate of current 



at Fort a la Corne, i. 397. 

 estimate of the number of cubic feet of 



water passing down the, per hour, 



i. 398. 



Saskatchewan, magnitude of the, Main, com- 

 pared with that of other rivers, i. 398. 



periods of opening and closing of the 



river at Fort a la Corne, i. 398. 



Nepowewin Mission and its prospects, 



i. 399. 



fertility of Nepowewin and the Valley 



of Long Creek, i. 400. 

 sandy strip of land on the banks of 



the river, i. 402. 



Valley of Long Creek, i. 406, 407. 



Bloody Hills, i. 408. 



. Woody Hills, i. 403. 



Mosquitoes near the river, i. 403. 



general directory of the river from 



Fort a la Corne to Cumberland 



House, i. 443. 



velocity of the current, i. 443. 



its breadth at Fort a la Corne, i. 443. 



Birch Islands, i. 4 45. 



tributary of the river, i. 446. 



Pemmican Portage, i. 446. 



affluents of the river, i. 448. 



character and dimensions of the, at 



Cumberland House, i. 450, 451. 



sturgeon caught in the, i. 451. 



Fishing Weir Creek, i. 452. 



Big Bend, i. 452. 



" The Round Farm," ii. 452. 



"The Pas," or Cumberland Station, i. 



452, 453. 



mud flats, i. 445-447. 



difficulties of navigation, i. 4.61. 



question of running steamers on the 



river, i. 462. 



the river east of Cross Lake, i. 464. 



approach to the Grand Rapid, i. 465. 



drift clay banks, i. 465. 



the Grand Rapid, i. 467. 



bands of buffalo, ii. 108. 



Captain Palliser's description of the 



region drained by the, ii. 223. 

 Saskatchewan River, Little, i. 138, 241, 



437, 481 ; ii. 25. 



vegetation of the valley of, i. 247. 



fish in the, i. 437. 



cretaceous shales on, i. 437. 



■ general character of the country, on 



the, i. 484. 



height of the banks of, ii. 25. 



country in the rear, ii. 26. 



tracking up the stream, ii. 26. 



general aspect of, ii. 26. 



narrows of, ii. 29, 30. 



Sault Ste. Marie Canal, account of the, i. 1 5. 

 Savanne Lake, i. 57. 



vegetation of the banks of the, i. 57. 



extent of, i. 58. 



Portage, Great, i. 59. 



River, i. 59. 



