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INDEX. 



Still Water Creek, i. 163. 

 St. Louis River, i. 21, 22. 

 Stock, live, of Red River settlements, i. 

 228. 



facilities for raising stock there, i. 230. 



Stone or Lower Fort, on Red River, i. 124. 



Stony Mountain, i. 278 ; ii. 79. 



Stony Barrier ( Assinni-pichigakan), Qu'ap- 



pelle River, i. 376. 

 Storm on Lake Superior, i. 9. 



near the Kaministiquia River, i. 55. 



on the Lake of the Woods, i. 105. 



on the Winnipeg River, i. 108. 



on Lake Winnipeg, i. 123. 



■ on the Assinniboine, i. 283. 



on Lake Winnipeg, i. 476, 481. 



terrific, on Lake Winnipeg, ii. 6. 



Sturgeon Creek, Assinniboine River, i. 139. 

 Sturgeon in the Saskatchewan,!. 451. 



Indian superstition respecting the 



winter haunts of the, ii. 15. 

 Sturgeon Island, Lake Winnipeg, ii. 21. 

 Sturgeon Lake, i. 67, 68. 



scenery of, i. 68. 



• Ojibways on, i. 69. 



scratched and polished rocks at, ii. 245. 



Sturgeon River, i. 67, 68. 

 Sucker Creek, ii. 62. 

 Sugar Island, ii. 30, 31. 

 Sugar made by the Assinniboine Indians, i. 

 142. 



manufacture of, at Red River settle- 

 ments, i. 228. 



Sugar Point on Red River, i. 127. 



Summer Berry Creek ( Nipomenan sepesis), 

 Qu'appelle River, i. 374. 



Summer temperatures of the basin of Lake 

 Winnipeg, ii. 368. 



Summer, the Indian, described, ii. 383. 



Superior, Lake, squall on, i. 9. 



fogs in, i. 1 0. 



temperature of, i. 10. 



■ dangers of the navigation of, i. 11. 



its present position in relation to Mon- 

 treal and the Atlantic seaboard, i. 

 14. 



trade of the Lake, i. 15. 



elevation of, i. 17. 



fluctuations in the level of the waters 



of, i. 18. 



obstacles to progress westward of, i. 



21. 



depth, area, and contents of, i. 21. 



• seldom frozen over, i. 21. 



ridge separating Lake Superior from 



the valley of the Mississippi, i. 21. 

 ■ elevation and distance of the watershed 



of, ii. 24. 



character of the country north of, ii. 



212. 



Superior, Lake, beaches and terraces of, ii. 

 258. 



Superior City, roads to, i. 23. 

 Superstitions of the Indians, ii. 39; ii. 120 

 et seq. 



Supper in an Indian tent, ii. 64. 



Swamp or morass at Fort Frances, i. 83. 



Swampy Cree«, or Muskeg Indians, i. 112. 



their superstitions, i. 113. 



Swan Lake, i. 433. 



Swan River, i. 242, 432. 



its fertility and resources for a settle- 

 ment, i. 432. 



— — country near, i. 433. 



length, breadth, depth, and rate of cur- 

 rent of, i. 433. 



height of banks of the, i. 433. 



Tabac, La Riviere, valley of, i. 156. 



Table land vast, of Riding Mountain, ii. 56. 



Tamarac, or Pine River, character of the 



prairie of, i. 256. 

 Ta-wa-pit, an Ojibway, near Dauphin Lake, 



ii. 59, 60. 



his tobacco pipe, ii. 139. 



Tearing River, i. 240, 448. 

 Temple, Governor, his death, i. 174. 

 Tents of birch-bark on the Red River, i. 



200. 



■ birch-bark, of the Ojibways, ii. 63. 



skin, of the Cree Indians, ii. 63. 



of Indian hunters, in the rear of Fort 



Garry, ii. ] 21. 



Tertiary coal, or lignite. See Lignite. 



Tertiary formations in the basin of Lake 

 Winnipeg, ii. 345. 



lignite on the Riding and Duck 



Mountains, ii. 345. 



sand dunes, probably derived from 



Tertiary rocks, ii. 345. 



Tetrao cupido, or prairie hen, i. 160. 



Te-wa-now-seebe, or " River that divides 

 the Hills," ii. 51. 



Texas, lignite beds of, ii. 349. 



Thompson, Miss Harriet, at Fairford Mis- 

 sion, ii. 37. 



Thompson River, ii, 228, 229. 



width at its mouth, ii. 229. 



Thousand Lak-s, i. 46,59—61. 



altitude of, i. 46. 



Thrush, cinnamon, at the Sandy Hills, i. 286. 

 Thunder, Cape, i. 13, 24. 

 Thunder Bay, scenery of, i. 13. 



colour of the waters of, i. ] 4. 



description of, i. 24. 



its means of communication with Great 



Dog Lake, i. 43. 

 Thunder Island, St. Martin's Lake, ii, 32, 33. 



singular rock exposures on, ii. 33. 



Thunder Mountain, i. 236, 434. 



