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INDEX. 



United States, communication of the, with 



Red River, ii. 218. 

 general character of the region west of 



the 98th meridian in the, ii. 377. 

 Major Emory's statement, ii. 377. 



Vaccination amongst the Indians, ii. 143, 

 144. 



Valley River, i. 241, 313 ; ii. 48. 



bones of mammoths at, i. 313 ; ii. 60. 



Vegetables at Cumberland House, Main 



Saskatchewan, i. 448. 

 Vegetation of the valley of the Kaministi- 



quia, i. 30, 36. 



on Little Dog River, i. 41, 49. 



of Prairie Portage, i, 53. 



■ of Savanna River, i. 60. 



of French Portage, i. 66. 



at Fort Frances, i. 84. 



of Rainy River, i. 87, 89, 91, 92. 



■ of Winnipeg River, i. 110. 



of Red River, i. 129, 130. 



... . i - of the Assinniboine River, i. 140. 



of South Branch of the Saskatchewan, 



i. 239. 



— — of the valley of the Assinniboine, i. 

 246. 



of the country north of the Qu'ap- 



pelle River, i. 317. 



of the Moose Woods, i. 386. 



of the Touchwood Hills, i. 415. 



Vermilion River, i. 22. 



Pass, Rocky Mountains, ii. 224. 



Vines, wild, on the banks of the Assinni- 

 boine, i, 142. 



Viscous or Muddy Lakes, i. 51. 



Voyageurs, regularity of their paddling, and 

 number of strokes during the day, i. 45. 



death of one, i. 67. 



Wampum and wampum belts, i. 417. 



references to, i. 419. 



War-Path River, i. 479, 483. 



leading features of the, i. 479. 



War- paths, tracts of country selected as, 

 ii. 28, 29. 



War-path rivers of the Indians, ii. 28, 29. 



War-roads of the Indians, ii. 28. 



Washow Bay (Lake Winnipeg), i. 485. 



Great, i. 493 ; ii. 18. 



Watermarks, high, on the banks of the As- 

 sinniboine, i. 284. 



Water-mill Creek, Red River, i. 131. 



view, i. 134. 



Water-hen Lake, area of, i. 237. 



Water-hen Lake, ii. 40. 



River, Lake Manitobah, ii. 40. 



character of the river, ii. 40 — 42. 



Watkins, Rev. Mr., of Cumberland Mission, 

 Saskatchewan River, i. 452 — 454. 



Wavys (Anser hyperboreus), flocks of, on the 



Little Saskatchewan River, ii. 29. 

 Weather signs, ii. 5, 9, 41, 66. 

 Weed ridge, in the Qu'appelle Valley, i. 

 315. 



— — covered with bear-berry, i. 315. 



birds on the, i. 316. 



Welcome Islands, i. 25. 

 Wesleyan Methodist missions in Canada, 

 ii. 190, 



West, Mr., first missionary to the Red River 

 settlements, i. 174. 



Wheat, cultivation of, at Red River Settle- 

 ments, i. 225. 



want of a market for, i. 226. 



absence of wheat diseases and" insect 



enemies, i. 226. 



Whirlpool Point, Red River, i. 130. 



Whiskey Bay, shelter of, i. 10. 



Whiskey Jack, near to the Riding Moun- 

 tain, ii. 51. 



White Dog Mission, i. 110. 



White-fish of Lake Manitobah, ii. 67, 68. 



White Fish Lake. i. 76, 94. 



White Horse Plain, prairie of, i. 147. 



its rich soil, i. 1 47. 



plague of grasshoppers on the, i. 147. 



White Mud River, i. 242. 



description of, i. 248. 



timber of the valley of the, i. 248. 



fisheries of the, i. 248. 



ancient beach on, ii. 260. 



Little, i. 431. 



its origin, i. 431. 



timber on the banks of the, i. 438. 



fishing station on the, i. 439. 



— — voyage down the, i. 439. 



White Sand River, i. 138, 431, 432. 



its origin, i, 431. 



cause of its name, i. 432. 



Whiteway's Post, ii. 18. 



Wicked Point (Lake Winnipeg), i. 490; ii. 

 20. 



Wikwemikong, village of, ii. 188. 

 Wild Rice River, i. 260. 



prairies of, i. 260. 



William, Fort, i. 24, 25. 



garden of, i. 30. 



cultivation of grain at, i. 31. 



limestone at, i. 31. 



Willow Islands, Lake Winnipeg, ii. 9. 



formation of, ii. 9, 10. 



Willow Prairie, i. 423. 



Win-de-go, or Cannibal Island, Lake, i. 65. 



story of, i. 65. 



Wind, effects of, in changing the level of the 

 lakes, ii. 75. 



humid Pacific, ii. 357, 358. 



north-easterly current, ii. 358. 



prevailing winds, ii. 359. 



