Classified Index
Names of Persons
Aberdeen, Earl and Countess of, 112.
Athabasca, Bishop of, 45, 46.
Back, Sir George, 124.
Christopher, Capt., 172.
Corrigal, James, portrait, 11; engaged, 41.
Daly, Hon. T. M., 80.
Flett, John, engaged, 9;
Franklin, Sir John, 124.
French, Pierre, Louis and Michel, engaged, 9:
Gordon, Commander, 181.
Hawes, Capt., 213.
Hearne, Samuel, 215-217.
Howard, Inspector, 26, 28, 30.
Isbister, Mr. and Mrs., 247.
La Perouse, 217.
Lofthouse, Jos. (Rev.) and wife, 206, 211-213; portraits, 212.
Lofthouse, Miss Marjorie, 212, 251.
Macdonald, J. K., 248.
Mackenzie, Sir Alexander, 49.
Macoun, Prof. John, 251.
Matheson, Mr., 209.
Markham, Admiral R. N., 91.
Maurice, François, portrait, 11; engaged, 41.
Middleton, Capt., 214.
Mills, Capt. J. W., 28, 45, 53, 55.
Milne, Dr., 240, 242.
Moberly, Mr., H. B. C. officer, 9, 41.
Moberly, the guide, engaged, 53.
Mowat, Mr., 240, 242, 244.
McConnell, Mr., 28, 37.
McKay, Dr., 45, 46, 48, 52, 53, 55, 57.
Ogilvie, Wm., D.L.S., 28, 30, 48.
Omen, Arthur, 219.
Ray, Dr., 124.
Reed, Mr., 59.
Richardson, Sir John, 124.
Robson, Joseph, 215.
Russell, Mr., 48.
Schott, river pilot, 30, 32-34, 42.
Schultz, Sir John and Lady, 13, 115.
Selwyn, A. R. C., portrait, 74.
Tyrrell, J. Burr, 7, 70, 173;
Westasecot, Charlie, 243.
Westasecot, James, 207.
Westasecot, William, 226.
Wolseley, Lord, 9.
Young, Bishop, 49, 52, 55.
Wild Game, Fish, etc.
Arctic birds, 132.
Arctic hare, 132, 185.
Bear, black, 73.
Bear, polar, 132, 158, 159, 189-198, 218, 225.
Buffalo, 89;
trails of, 13.
Caribou. (See Reindeer.)
Duck, wild, 160, 184, 187.
Ermine, 98.
Fox, 161, 235.
Goose, wild, 47, 58, 102, 112.
Gull, 184.
Loon, 17.
Marmot, 187.
Moose, 23-25.
Musk ox, 107, 113.
Pike, 58.
Ptarmigan, 160, 185, 186, 204, 205, 208, 234, 235.
Rabbit, 43, 186, 235.
Reindeer (or caribou), 84-87, 95, 96, 99, 109, 132, 147-149, 186-188, 224-226.
Salmon trout, 66, 93, 161.
Seal, 127-171, 203.
Walrus, 132, 133, 140, 153-158.
Whale, 132, 133, 182.
Whitefish, 51, 66, 93, 161, 245.
Wolf, 17, 23, 98, 99, 108, 120, 120, 161, 224, 225.
Wolverine, 99, 100.
Timber, Minerals, etc.
Aspen, 81.
Balsam, 47.
Birch, 21, 40, 57, 71, 111, 245, 246.
Coal, 14, 60.
Copper, 173.
Fir, 59.
Glaciers, 81.
Gneiss, Laurentian, 57, 175.
Gold, 14, 173.
Huronian schists, 118, 173, 182.
Iron ore, 60.
Jack-pine, 16, 17, 58, 245, 246.
Lignite, 14.
Limestone, 38, 39;
Cambrio-Silurian, 92.
Marl, 120.
Natural gas, 36.
Poplar, 15, 21, 40, 46, 57, 245, 246.
Quartzite, 109, 181.
Sand, curious hills of, 99, 105.
Sand, “Kames,” 80.
Sandstone, cretaceous, 57; soft, 111.
Silver, 173.
Spruce, 17, 21, 40, 46, 47, 57, 71, 84, 90, 93, 203, 204, 227, 245, 246.
Tamarack, 79, 84, 85.
Tar sand beds, 36, 37.
Trappean rock, 110, 173.
Willow, 111, 208.
Rivers, Lakes and Localities
Aberdeen Lake, 112, 114.
Active Man Lake, 8.
Alaska, 130.
Arctic Ocean, 8, 19, 28, 111.
Asia, 130.
Athabasca Delta, 47.
Athabasca Lake, 7, 10, 12, 15, 20, 28, 48, 56, 57, 58, 77, 80, 84.
Athabasca Landing, 15, 17, 19, 20, 26, 40.
Athabasca River, 9, 12, 15, 17, 19, 21, 26, 36, 40.
Back Lake, 246.
Baker Lake, 111, 125, 172.
Barlow Lake, 84.
Barren Lands, 7, 8, 90, 93, 101, 110, 113, 124-5, 216.
Beaver Hills, 60.
Behring Straits, 130.
Berens River, 249.
Big Cascade, 38.
Birch Lake, 73.
Black Lake, 7, 8, 49, 53, 64, 68, 69, 76, 77, 172-3, 175-6.
Boiler Rapid, 37.
Brûle Rapid, 36.
Button’s Bay, 208.
Calgary, 13, 14.
Cary Lake, 85, 90.
Caughnawaga, 9.
Chesterfield Inlet, 119, 172, 174, 176, 178, 179, 182.
Churchill River, 210-11.
Clear Water River, 40.
Clinton Golden Lake, 112.
Copper Mine River, 94, 216.
Corbet’s Inlet, 183.
Crooked Rapid, 38.
Daly Lake, 80, 81.
Deer Lake, 245.
Duck Creek, 230.
Edmonton, 10, 12, 14, 20, 61.
Fishing River, 58.
Flamboro’ Head, 233.
Fort Chippewyan, 12, 45-55, 61, 63.
Fort Churchill, 107-8, 174-177, 181, 187, 191, 200, 203-221, 224, 226, 232, 239, 242-3.
Fort Fond du Lac, 59, 61, 75.
Fort McMurray, 9, 10, 26, 28, 30, 36, 40, 42-6.
Fort Prince of Wales, 210-217.
Fort Smith, 28, 46.
Fort Vermilion, 49.
Fox River, 244.
Grand Rapids, 20, 26-28, 32-36, 42.
Grassy Island, 208.
Great Fish River, 111.
Great Slave Lake, 7, 53, 112.
Great Slave River, 28, 55.
Hamilton, 7.
Hays River, 241, 243, 245.
Heart Creek, 232.
Height of Land, 8, 17, 76-81, 173.
Hudson Bay, 7, 8, 107-8, 119, 124, 130, 172, 174, 181.
Hudson Straits, 45, 53, 107, 130, 164, 192.
Isle-à-la-Crosse, 9, 41.
Lachine Rapids, 9.
Lady Marjorine Lake, 110.
Lake of the Woods, 118, 173.
Lake Superior, 173.
Lake Winnipeg, 247, 249.
Little Cascade, 38.
Long Rapids, 38.
Lower Telzoa River, 102-113.
Mackenzie River, 19, 26, 28, 48, 129.
Manitoba, 12.
Marble Island, 107, 181-2.
Markham Lake, 91, 92.
Montreal, 221.
Mountain Rapid, 37, 38.
Nelson River, 238-9, 243.
Neville Bay, 185.
North Bay, 12.
North Pole, 174.
North-West Passage, 172, 214.
Norway House, 244, 247-8.
Old Man Island, 60.
Oxford House, 241-2, 244, 247.
Peace River, 49.
Prince Albert, 9.
Prince of Wales Sound, 130;
Cape, 164.
Rankin Inlet, 183.
Rapid of the Jolly Fool, 23.
Rocky Mountains, 14.
Salmon Creek, 226.
Sam’s Creek, 231.
Saskatchewan River, 14, 17, 248-9.
Schultz Lake, 115, 117.
Seal Islands, 236.
Selkirk, 249.
Selwyn Lake, 74, 78.
Sloop’s Cove, 214.
Stone River, 64-5.
Stony River, 218, 226.
Telzoa River Delta, 124.
Telzoa River Rapids, 83.
Telzoa River, 77, 82, 91, 92.
Tobaunt Lake, 94, 99, 173.
Toronto, 7, 12.
Twin Mountains, 110.
West Selkirk, 248.
Wharton Lake, 109.
White Bear Creek, 230.
White Mountain, 110.
Winnipeg, 12.
Wolverine Lake, 8, 71, 76.
Wolverine River, 73.
York Factory, 218, 228, 230, 232, 239-246.
Miscellaneous
Adventures:
in Boiler Rapid, 37; in Mountain Rapid, 39-40; with a black bear, 73; on Telzoa River, 83; on Corbet’s Inlet, 183-4; at sea, 201-2; on Nelson River, 236; on Back Lake, 246.
American naturalist, meeting an, 48.
Ancient sea-beaches, 114.
Arrival at Fort Churchill, 209.
Arrival at Nelson River, 231.
Arrival at Norway House, 247.
Arrival at West Selkirk, 249.
Athabasca, steamer, 20, 26, 27.
Black flies, 66.
Bread-making, novel method of, 75.
Breeding-place of wild geese, 102.
Buffalo trails, ancient, 13.
Cacheing our supplies, 200.
Cairn of rocks built, 90, 95, 180.
Camp in the woods, 222-3.
Canadian, an old-time, 247.
Canadian Geological Survey, 7, 37, 70, 74, 173.
Canadian Pacific Railway, 12, 13.
Canoe race with Indians, 20.
Canoes secured, 9.
Corrigal meets with accident, 66.
Crossing Nelson River, 236-8.
Crippled, 220.
Deer vs. canoe, a race, 85.
Desperate situation, 203.
Dog-sleds, 219.
Dried fish and seal-oil, 238.
Dysentery, 201.
Encounter with polar bears, 189-90, 192-5, 218.
Encounter with wolves, 98.
Eskimos, bartering with, 107, 123, 175.
Eskimos first met with, 105.
Eskimos, photographing, 120.
Eskimo, appearance of, 127-8; clothing, 128-9; tattooing, 129; cheek-stones, 129; origin of, 130; range of, 130; temperament, 132, 161, 164; feast, 132-3; dwellings, 135-9; ingenuity, 139; implements, 139; kyack, 141; oomiack, 142; komitick, 143; dog-whip, 144; sleeping-bag, 145; customs, 147-171; weapons, 147, 153-5, 160; seal-hunting, 149-153; walrus-hunting, 155-8; polar bear-hunting, 158-9; hunting birds, 159-60; fishing, 160-1; trapping, 161; amusements, 162-4; marriages, 165; religious beliefs and ceremonies, 165-9; laws, 169-70; legends, 170; burials, 171; vocabulary, 273.
Famine at Fort McMurray, 42-3.
Feeding dogs at H. B. Co.’s posts, 51.
Finding Eskimo cache, 109.
First camp, 21.
First rapid, 23.
Flora, collecting, 70.
Forest, limit of, 83.
François’ chase of wolverine, 99, 100-1.
François’ tug-of-war, 237-8
French missionaries returning, 59.
Fur trade, new conditions in, 241.
Gale on Lake Tobaunt, 102.
Glaciers, 81.
Grahame, steamer, 28, 45, 46, 52, 55.
Grove of spruce, isolated, 90.
Guide procured, 53.
Guide deserts us, 62-4.
Historic ruins, 210, 215-17.
Hudson’s Bay Company, 9, 12, et seq.
Ice-fields on Lake Tobaunt, 96-8.
Ice, massive walls of, 22.
Ice-pack, all night in an, 202.
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