INDEX. 



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Skin, Indian custom of painting the, ii. 137. 

 Slave Falls of the Winnipeg River, i. 1 J 6. 

 117. 



story of the, i. 1 IS. 



Slave Lake, the northern limit of the buffalo, 



ii. 106. 

 Sledges described, ii. 84. 

 Small-pox, great mortality of the Indians 



from, ii. 143, 162, 163. 



vaccination, ii. 143. 



Snake Hill, i. 243. 

 Snake Hills, i 294. 

 Snake Creek, i. 432, 433. 



valley of, i. 432. 



excellent for a settlement, i. 432. 



Snake Island, Lake Winnipego-sis, ii. 42. 



fossils of, ii. 42. 



Snow Birds, ii. 66. 



■ seen at Dauphin Lake, ii. 49. 



Snow-storm on the Hiding Mountain, ii. 



57. 



at Manitobah House, ii. 66. 



on the prairie, ii. 94. 



preparing to camp in a, ii. 94 



dogs " lying close " after a fall of snow 



during the night, ii. 95. 



Soil of the valley of the Kaministiquia, i. 26. 



■ of the country between the Kaministi- 

 quia and Pigeon Rivers, i. 27. 



■ ■ of Great Dog Mountain, i. 40. 



of the banks of the Savanne River, i. 



60. 



near Portage des Morts, i. 67. 



on Rainy River, i. 84, 87, 92. 



pn the Pennawa River, i. 120. 



— — of Lake Winnipeg, i. 121. 



of White House Plain, i. 147. 



• of the country east of Red River, i. 

 166, 168. 



of the valley of the Assinniboine, i. 



247, 282. 



of the valley of the Saskatchewan, i. 



249. 



of the foot of the Riding Mountain, ii. 



53. 



south and east of the Lumpy Hill of 



the Woods, i. 408. 

 excellent, of the Touchwood Hills, i. 



412. 



- of File Hill, i. 421. 



, of the east bank of the Assinniboine, i. 



435. 



of the prairies of Little White Mud 



River, i. 438. 

 of the Saskatchewan River, i, 444, 



445. 



around Cumberland House, i. 448. 



of the Little Saskatchewan, ii. 29. 



Southesk, Earl of, and the Assinniboine 

 Indians, ii. 204. 



Souris, Little, or Mouse River, i. 136, 138, 

 243. 



description of the, i. 243. 



valley of the, i. 243. 



timber of the valley of the, i. 245. 



breadth, depth, and rate of current of 



the, i. 288. 



grasshoppers at the mouth of the, i. 



288. • 



fish caught in the, i. 289. 



view of the Valley of the, looking 



towards the Blue Hills of the Souris, 



i. 290. 



■ view of the Valley of the, opposite 



the Valley of the Back-fat Lakes, 

 i. 291. 



section of the banks of the, showing 



the ancient beaches with lignite 



boulders, i. 293, 294. 

 height of the banks at the Souris 



Sand Hills, i. 295. 



description of the valley of the, i. 298. 



lakes of the Souris at the Souris, at 



the forty-ninth parallel, i. 300. 

 height of the banks of the, at Plum 



Creek, i. 294. 

 section of the river's bank at the 



Souris Sand Hills, i. 294. 



origin and course of the, i. 300, 301. 



Souris Sand Hills, i. 294. 



section of the banks of the Little 



Souris River at the, i. 294. 



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



Souris Lakes, i. 299. 



Souris Forks (Elbow Bone Creek), coun- 

 try between it and the Grand Forks, i. 

 335. 



Spence, John, the Cree Half-breed, i. 143. 



his farm and crops, i. 145. 



Spruce, valuable, of the Riding and Duck 



Mountains, i. 241, 244. 

 Spy Hill (or Ka-pa-kam-a-ou), tragic occur- 

 rence at, i. 424. 



■ boulders at, i. 425. 



increase of aspen groves at, i. 425. 



Squaws engaged in Christian worship, i„ 



29. 



Standing Stone Mountain, i. 307. 



the Rev. John West's account of the 



'« Standing Stone," i. 307. 

 Stagg, Rev. Mr., of Fairford Mission, ii. 

 37. 



St. Croix River, i. 22. 



Steamers, proposed, on the Saskatchewan 

 River, i. 462. 



Stewart, Mr. J. G., chief trader at Cumber- 

 land House, his kindness, i. 447. 



Steatitic minerals in Rupert's Land, ii. 332, 



analysis of, ii. 328. 



Steep Rock Point, Lake Manitobah, ii. 39. 



