INDEX.

• Acadia, 106.
• Acadians called on to take oath, 114;
• deportation of, 108, 115.
• Ainsworth, 361.
• Aix-la-Chapelle, peace of, 113.
• Albany, Duke of, 74.
• Alexander, Sir Wm., 105.
• Alexandra Steamer, 333.
• Aleyn Simon, Vicar of Bray, 77.
• American Bar, London, 74.
• Amherst, N. S., 16.
• American war, its unfortunate character, 437.
• Anne, Queen, her statue, Minehead Church, 82.
• Annapolis, 105;
• Stone inscription, 105 n.
• Argall, Capt. Samuel, 105.
• Argyle, Duke of, 36.
• Ashburton treaty, 125;
• its commercial effect, 126.
• Ashcroft, 315.
• Astoria, 342.
• Bad weather at sea, 91.
• Baker Mount, 357.
• Baptiste, 297;
• Guide up Eagle Pass, 302.
• Battle Creek, 235.
• Batt’s Hotel, 41.
• Bear Creek, Selkirk range, 264.
• Beauséjour Fort, N. S., 115.
• Beaver Meadow, Kicking-Horse, 244.
• Beaver River (Columbia River), 250.
• Belleisle, Straits of, 98.
• Beresford, Lord C., R.N., 75.
• Biard, Jesuit, 104.
• Billings Station Irrigation, 370.
• Bismarck, 373.
• Blackfoot Crossing, 218.
• Blanchard, 344.
• Blucher, Marshal, his toast, 113.
• Bluff Lake, Eagle Pass, 300.
• Bois-Brulés, 192.
• Bow River, 222;
• crossing, 224, 226.
• Bozzeman, 368.
• Bozzeman tunnel, 369.
• Brandon, 206.
• Bray, 76.
• British Association, 374;
• its proceedings in Dublin in the matter of a paper on standard time, 376.
• Bristol channel, 80.
• British Columbia, 6;
• known as New Caledonia, 342;
• Discovery of gold, 343;
• Political history, 344;
• House of Assembly first called, 344;
• Vancouver Island incorporated with, 345;
• included in Dominion, Number of Senators and members allowed, 345;
• Population, 1870, 346;
• Physical geography, 346;
• Products, 351;
• Scenery, 353;
• Indians, 385.
• British Empire, part which Canada has to take in, 421.
• British family, main characteristics the same, 3.
• Brockville, 144.
• Brophy, Mr., 325.
• Buffalo at Calgary, 226.
• Burdett-Coutts, Baroness, 330.
• Burnside, 204.
• Bury, Lord, 65.
• Brett, John, 103.
• Cabinet Ministers, Imperial, 427.
• Cache Creek, 315.
• Calgary, 219.
• Cambie, H. J., 318, 320.
• Cameron, Duncan, 191.
• Campana, S. S., 150.
• Campbell, Mr., 290.
• Campbellton, N. B., 18.
• Canada influences yet traceable of its early settlement, 435;
• duty to the Empire, 439.
• Canadian Alpine Club, its formation, 269, 301.
• Canadian Camp, Wimbledon, 64.
• Canadian Canals, 133, 140.
• Canadian Government retained portion of the railway work in its control, 395.
• Canadian Pacific Railway, its Montreal terminus, 141;
• its branch to Ottawa, 142;
• line to Winnipeg, 171;
• energy in construction of work, 394;
• principle governing location, 405;
• proposition to leave work on north shore Lake Superior unfinished, 406;
• positive reasons why that section should be constructed, 407;
• reasons for its present location through mountains, 410;
• height of passes, 413.
• Canadians abroad, 72.
• Cape Breton, 110, & n 113.
• Cariboo waggon road, 319.
• Castle Mountain, 232.
• Cedars, large diameter, 299.
• Central Pacific Railway, 413.
• Chalmers, Colonel, 19.
• Champlain, Samuel, 103, 129;
• knew of Lake Superior, 162.
• Chaplin Station, 210.
• Charles I., 105.
• Chinamen, 316.
• Church service on Polynesian, 93.
• Clark’s Fork Valley, 366.
• Climate British Columbia, 346.
• Clyde River, 132.
• Cobourg, 145.
• Cochrane Ranche, 224.
• Collingwood, 151.
• Colonial Government, true principles of, 422.
• Colomb, Captain, 417.
• Columbia River, 253;
• feature of its territory, 257;
• descent to Beaver River, 259;
• junction with Ille-celle-waet, 290;
• not an American citizen north of it in 1846, 364;
• thoroughfare of Hudson’s Bay Co., 364;
• river leaves line Northern Pacific, 364.
• Columbia Valley, 362.
• Commerce (early) of Canada, 139.
• Concert, 99.
• Cook, Captain, coasted Pacific Ocean, 340.
• Corbett’s Eating House, 35.
• Coquetlon River, 328.
• Cornwall, Lt.-Governor, 315.
• Cornwallis, 114.
• Coteau de Missouri, 210.
• Critchelon, Major, 263.
• Croft, Archer, 64.
• Cromwell, Lord Protector, 106.
• Cross Lake, 176.
• Currie, Mr., 290.
• Curry, Thomas, 185.
• Custer Fort, 371.
• Custer, General, his command and its extermination, 371.
• Cypress Station, 212.
• D. Mrs., of Toronto, the one lady at table, 91.
• Dalles, The, 361.
• Dansmuir, Mr., 338.
• Devil’s club, 262;
• poisonous effects, 312.
• Dinner on Steamship, 91.
• Divide Northern Pacific Railway, 367.
• Dominion of Canada, 7.
• Douglas, Fort, 193.
• Douglass, Governor, 343.
• Downing Street in Colonial matters—invariable cause of difficulty, 422.
• Drake visits Pacific Ocean, 340.
• Driard House, 338.
• Dry dock—its advantages 416;
• construction recommended at Burrard Inlet, 418.
• Drynock, 316.
• Dufferin Lord, his speeches at Empire Club, 65, 143, 318.
• Dufferin, Lady, 74, 143.
• Du Luth, 163, 180.
• Dunbar, Mr., 228, 230, 235.
• Eagle Lake, 172.
• Eagle Pass, 253, 298, 303.
• Eagle River, 301.
• Engineers, their career, 123;
• cheerfulness under privation, 242.
• English Channel Steamers, 90.
• English Society, its reserve and hospitality, 54.
• English-speaking races, their duties to each other, 437;
• their population, 438;
• happiness and progress of the world dependent on their concord, 439.
• Evening on board ship, 88.
• Exmoor, 81.
• Failure in Provision Supply, 291.
• Fargo, 374.
• Fine Weather at Sea, 95.
• Fires, 233, 247.
• Fisheries Exhibition, 72.
• Fisheries, Canadian, 73;
• number engaged on them, 432n.
• Fleming, Sandford Hall, 269, 277.
• Fog whistle, 26.
• Forest trees, immense size, 330.
• Fort Colville Indians, 289, 297.
• Fort William, 164, 169.
• Frozen River, 325.
• Frozen Snow, 274.
• Fuca, de, tradition he discovered Vancouver Island, 340.
• Fur trade, 168.
• Gallatin, 368.
• Galinee’s Map, 162.
• Galt, Sir Alexander, 22.
• George, Prince of Wales, 119.
• Georgia, Straits of, 334.
• Georgian Bay, 152, 156.
• Gillam, Capt. Zachariah, 183.
• Glaciers, 240, 265, 273.
• Glasgow, 34, 132.
• Glendine, 372.
• Glyndon, 374.
• Goddard’s Hospital, 76.
• Gold Mining, 174;
• British Columbia, 343.
• Gordon, Willie, 35.
• Graham, Mr., 228.
• Grant, Rev. Dr., 120, 178, 203;
• holds service at Hillsdale, 232;
• holds service at the Columbia, 256;
• loses his watch, 262, 277;
• service on the Ille-celle-waet, 282, 285;
• service at Shuswap Lake, 308, 314, 319, 326;
• leaves for Winnipeg, 374.
• Grant, General, his message to Congress, 407;
• its threat, 408.
• Great Western Railway, England, 55, 80.
• Greenwich hospitality, 71.
• Griffin’s Lake, 304.
• Guildford, Park near, 46.
• Gulf of St. Lawrence, 4.
• Gun shot signals, 288.
• Halifax, its harbour, 11;
• its pleasant society, 13;
• arrived at, 101;
• founded, 114;
• again arrived at, 119;
• a winter shipping port, 134.
• Hall, Rev. C., 24.
• Halliburton, Mr. R. G., 105n.
• Hamlin, Mr., 314.
• Hannington, Mr., 317.
• Harrison River, 325.
• Helena, 368.
• Henderson, Sir Edward, 122.
• Henley Regatta, 62.
• Hennepin, Father, 163.
• Henry VIII., 103.
• Heron, 366.
• High Commissioner of Canada, advantages of his presence in London, 424, 426.
• Hill, Mr., 228.
• Hill, Mr. A. J., 331.
• Hill, Mrs., 332.
• Hillsdale, 228.
• Holte, Mr., 194.
• Hopson, Governor, 114.
• Horses on the route, 241;
• their names, 243;
• unable to proceed further, 274.
• Hudson’s Bay Co., 45, 167, 183;
• admirable treatment of Indians, 382;
• special arrangement of supply, 388.
• Hudson’s Bay Territory, French attempt upon, 184.
• Hunter, Mr. Joseph, 306, 315.
• Hurd, Major, 245, 249.
• Ille-celle-waet, valley of, 272;
• passage through on foot, 276–278;
• painful advance of party, 283;
• Lower Canyon, 285.
• Indian population: its decrease, 381;
• estimated present population of the Provinces of the Dominion, 382;
• cost of support by Government, 382;
• difficulties in way of civilization, 384, 391;
• aptitude for many positions, 385;
• those of British Columbia in many respects skilful, 385;
• their love of truth, 387;
• fidelity to engagement, 388;
• measure to be introduced in House of Commons, 390.
• Indians, Blackfoot Crossing, 218.
• Indians, Micmac, New Brunswick, 19.
• Indians, Swift Current, 211.
• Intercolonial Railway: Chief Engineer, 12;
• national work, 135.
• Irving, Mr. Henry, 64.
• Jackass Mountain, 318.
• Jam of Timber, 287.
• James I. at Maidenhead, 78.
• Jesus Hospital, 76.
• Jogues, 168.
• Joliet, 163.
• Kalama, 358.
• Kaministiquia River, 165, 180.
• Kamloops, 311.
• Kamloops Indians, 304.
• Kanaka Bridge, 326.
• Kane’s illness, 234.
• Keefer, Mr. George, 317, 319.
• Kennedy, Governor, 345.
• Kicking-Horse Pass., 287, 366.
• Kingston, 145.
• Kirke’s expedition against Quebec, 105.
• La Corne’s Fort, 115.
• La Jonquiere, 114.
• Lake George, 159.
• Lake Huron, storm, 157.
• Lake St. Peter, 131.
• Lake of the Woods, 174.
• Lake Steamer accommodation, 155.
• Land’s End, 56.
• Land, character of, West of Winnipeg, 411.
• La Salle, 163.
• Lawrence, 108.
• Lawrie, Major-General, recommends Burrard Inlet as site for dry dock, 418.
• La Verendrye, his discoveries, 181, 209, 368.
• Leigh Dove, 235, 334.
• Lefroy, General, 381.
• Leopold, H. R. H. Prince, 20.
• Lepage, Madame, 20.
• Lepage, Mr., jun., 100.
• Lery, De, 102.
• Levée suggested: to be held by Imperial Colonial Minister, 423.
• Light, Mr., 122.
• Liverpool, 33, 40.
• Livingstone, 369.
• Location circuitous, 124.
• Locomotives, changes effected by, 397.
• London, its attractions, 44;
• hotel life, 48;
• its heat, 61.
• Longueuil, Baron de, 212.
• Lorne, Lord, 143, 379;
• his views as to the High Commissioner, 425;
• address Colonial Institute, 429;
• his views as to the Imperial connection, 431.
• Louise, H.R.H. Princess, 20, 144;
• at British Columbia, 350, 379.
• Louisbourg taken, 112;
• 2nd conquest, 113;
• its destruction, 115.
• Lowell, Mrs., 75.
• Lytton, 316.
• Macdonald, 189.
• Macdonell, Capt. Miles, 189.
• McDougall, 290.
• McDougall, David, 225.
• Mackenzie, Hon. A., 65, 77;
• description of extent of exploration, 400.
• Mackenzie, Sir A., 182;
• discovered Mackenzie River, 342;
• first recorded white man to cross Rocky Mountains by land, 342.
• McLean, 295.
• Macleod, Mr. H. F., 315.
• McMillan, Mr., 275, 277.
• McMillan, 290.
• Moredone, 373.
• Maple Creek, 213.
• Marquette, 163.
• Maquena, 341.
• Mascarene, 111.
• Massachusetts against cession of Nova Scotia, 106;
• commerce preyed upon, 107.
• Massacres, York and Oyster River, their lessons, 107.
• Masse, 104.
• Mayne, Admiral, 417;
• his report on the salubrity of Vancouver Island, 418.
• Meaford, 152.
• Mears, purchased territory near Nootka Sound, 341.
• Medicine Hat, 216.
• Metapedia River, 20.
• Meuron Point de, 170, 196.
• Meuron de Regiment, 195.
• Minas, attack of troops there, 113.
• Minehead, 81.
• Miramichi fire, 1825, 17.
• Missiquash River, 114.
• Missouri, Valley of, 368;
• Bridge at Bismarck, 373.
• Moberly, Mr., Survey, 261;
• exploration Ille-celle-waet, 267 and 267n.
• Moisture excessive, 300.
• Moncton, 121.
• Montreal, routes from Quebec, 127;
• canals to West, 133.
• Montreal, city of, 5, 140.
• Moose Jaw, 208.
• Moosomin, 207.
• Morley, 225.
• Monts, de, first effort colonization, 103.
• Mountain scenery, 227, 231, 238–241;
• on the Columbia, 255;
• Beaver River, 264, 279, 294, 304.
• Mount Cascade, 228.
• Moville, 30, 87.
• Mowat, Hon. Oliver, 45.
• Mullan Tunnel, 367.
• Musgrove, Governor, 345.
• Muskeg, 172.
• Nanaimo, its coal fields, 419.
• Naval supremacy of England, influence of Canadian Pacific upon it, 416.
• Narrows, 334.
• Neebish Rapids, 158.
• Neilson, Mr., 234.
• Neilson, Hon. John, 134.
• Nepigon Fort, 180.
• Newfoundland, 1.
• New Westminster, 328, 337.
• New York in London, 75.
• Naxouat, 107.
• Niagara, 149.
• Necomen Slough, 325.
• North Pacific S.S., 357.
• Northwest Company, 168–186.
• Northwest settlement, 379.
• Northwest trade, early records, 182.
• Northern Pacific Railway, reasons for returning by, 355;
• its history, 356;
• height of passes, 413.
• Nova Scotia, first colonization, 103;
• held by Cromwell, 105;
• demanded by French, 106;
• route or British province, 118.
• Ocean voyages past and present, 2;
• Polynesian, 84;
• present comfort, 85.
• Ogilvie, Senator, 225.
• Old Wives’ Lakes, 210.
• Onderdonk, Mr., 320.
• Oregon Pioneers, 363.
• Oregon Question, 1846, 364.
• Ottawa, 143.
• Otter, Col., 64.
• Owen Sound, 152.
• Pacific Slope, people deficient in Eastern energy, 359.
• Pack train, 235.
• Padmore, 226.
• Parisian S.S., 22, 97.
• Parks, national establishment recommended, 415.
• Parliamentary discussions as to the Canadian Pacific Railway, 401.
• Party, its unfortunate influence, 402.
• Passamaquoddy Bay, 104.
• Penobscot, 104.
• Pie à Pot, 210.
• Pipon, Major, 122.
• Point de Meuron, 170.
• Polynesian S.S., 83.
• Pond, Peter, 185.
• Pontgravé, 104.
• Port Arthur, 165.
• Port Moody, Burrard Inlet, 330.
• Port Royal, capture of, 107, 108.
• Portage la Prairie, assembly of force there, 193, 204.
• Portland, Oregon, 359;
• its bad hotel, 360.
• Poutrincourt, 104.
• Potlach, 306, 390.
• Provisions non-arrival, 295.
• Provisions obtained, 305.
• Pullman car, its comfort, 16.
• Quebec, City of, 127;
• its trade, 134;
• supports North Shore Railway, 135.
• Quebec, Province of, duty regarding North Shore Railway, 135.
• Quebec, late Government of, policy, sale of North Shore Railway, 137.
• Railway, appearance of on the prairie, 217.
• Railway delays, 166.
• Railway mail train, 14.
• Railway travel. Mr. L. D., 52;
• its comfort, 90;
• ease of modern travel, 394.
• Railways, their social and political influence, 396.
• Rapids, St. Lawrence, 139.
• Rat Portage, 173;
• its bad fare, 175.
• Rathdrum, 365.
• Raymbault, 168.
• Red Lion, Henley, 63.
• Red River plain, 373.
• Red River settlement, 189;
• Governor’s proclamation, 196;
• settlers called upon to abandon it, 192;
• broken up, 194.
• Regina, 208.
• Representative Government, its abuses, 404.
• Representation in Imperial Parliament by Colonies impracticable, 423.
• Richardson, 372.
• Robinson, Major, 122.
• Robertson, Collin, 192.
• Roche, de la, Marquis, 102.
• Rocky Mountain, first view, 218.
• Rogers, R. C., Archbishop of Chatham, 92, 99, 100.
• Rogers, Major, 222, 230, 249, 254;
• discovers pass, 268, 277.
• Rogers’ Camp, 250.
• Rogers, Mr. Albert, 254, 277.
• Ross, Mr. James, 222.
• Route, uncertainty as to, 229.
• Royal Academy, 64.
• Royal Commissions, their importance, 401.
• Royal William, pioneer steamer across Atlantic, 24.
• Russell, Lord Alexander, 120.
• Ryswick, peace of, 107.
• Sacrifice of British Territory, 365.
• Sage, Mr. Dean, 21.
• Sailors’ Orphan Concert, 29.
• Salisbury, Marquis of, Speech at Kings College, 59.
• Sanbon Water Shed, 373.
• Sand, its troublesome Character on the North Pacific R.R., 362.
• Sand Point, 365.
• Sault St. Mary, 159.
• Savannah, SS. Pioneer across Atlantic, 24.
• Savona’s Ferry, 312.
• Scenery Remarkable on Canadian Pacific R., 414.
• Scoby, 290.
• Scotchman, absence of all memorial of, 77.
• Seattle, 357.
• Sea Sickness, 23, 88.
• Sea Voyage, 23;
• Sunday service, 24;
• impatience of passengers, 29.
• Section A, 171.
• Section B, 172.
• Section 15, 175.
• Self-Government to Colonies, its concession the removal of difficulty, 422.
• Selkirk, 176.
• Selkirk Range, front view of, 249;
• ascent, 260;
• summit, 266.
• Selkirk, Lord, 187;
• early attempt at emigration, 188;
• joined Hudson Bay Co., 188;
• opposed by Northwest Co., 189;
• Red River settlement, 189;
• hurries to Red River, 194;
• proceeds to the Kaministiquia, 196;
• his character, 197;
• death, 198.
• Semple, Governor, 194.
• Seven Oaks, affair 17th June, 194.
• Seymour, Governor, 329, 345.
• Shaginappy, 225, n.
• Shirley, Governor, 112.
• Ship Building, 2.
• Shuswap Indians, 272, 295.
• Shuswap Lake, arrive at, 303.
• Sicamouse Narrows, 309.
• Simms, 372.
• Sinclair, Mrs., 327.
• Sioux, their conduct in Canada, 387.
• Skunk Cabbage, 262, 253.
• Slave River, 326.
• Smith, Mr. Marcus, 329.
• Snake River, 363.
• Snow Storm, 177.
• Soil on the Plains, 209.
• Soil, Moosejaw to Qu’Appelle, 213.
• Somerville, Mary, 28.
• South Thompson River, 309.
• Spain, seizes country of Nootka Sound, 341.
• Spellman’s Camp, 233.
• Spokane Falls, 365.
• Spurgeon’s Tabernacle, 45.
• Spuzzem, 320.
• Stage coach, the old, 89.
• Standard Time—Meeting of railway managers to determine, 375;
• proceedings taken by Congress United States, 378;
• date when came in operation, 379.
• Start for the Mountains, 202.
• Stephen, Mr. Geo., President C. P. R., telegram from, 42.
• St. Croix, fort of, 104.
• St. John, city of, its fires, 17.
• St. Mary’s Bay, N. S., 103.
• St. Lawrence River, dredging near Quebec advantageous, 136.
• St. Paul, 374.
• St. Swithin’s day, 79, n.
• Stony Indian’s, 242, n.
• Subercase, Governor, 107.
• Suez Canal, its exposed state, 433.
• Summit Creek, 235.
• Sunday in the Mountains, 230, 255.
• Superior, Lake, 161;
• north shore connection indispensible, 408;
• progress of work, 395.
• Supplies to the Columbia, 223.
• Swift Current, 211.
• Syndicate Peak, 271.
• Taché, Archbishop, 205.
• Tacoma, 357.
• Tattnall, Commodore, 438.
• Telegram, ocean, its non-receipt, 42;
• receipt of recalls civilization, 313.
• Telegraph extension over Chinese seas, 432.
• Telephone, 320.
• Thames at Monkey Island, 78.
• Three Rivers, 130.
• Three Valley Lake, 302.
• Thunder Bay, 164.
• Thunder storm, 177.
• Toronto, 146.
• Townsend, Rev. Mr., 19.
• Trail through Kicking-Horse, 239;
• on the side of precipice, 258.
• Travel, difference of present mode and that of last century, 396.
• Trent River, 82.
• Truro, N. S., Prince of Wales’ visit to, 15.
• Tseng, Marchioness, 74.
• Tupper, Sir Charles, 22, 65.
• Umatilla, 363.
• Union of the several component elements of the British Empire a necessity, 430.
• Union Pacific Railway Co., 413.
• United Kingdom, 34.
• United States hotel life, 49.
• Urquhart, Captain, navigates by sound, 333.
• Utrecht, treaty of, 184.
• Vancouver Island, 6.
• Victor Lake, 301.
• Victoria, 330.
• Verden, 207.
• Voyage across Atlantic, 98.
• Wait a bit, 259.
• Wales, Prince of, 75.
• Wallace, Mr., 79.
• Wallula junction, 363.
• Warren, Admiral, 112.
• Watershed Gulf of Mexico and Hudson’s Bay, 373.
• Watteville regiment, 195.
• West of England, its flora, 81.
• Westminster, treaty of, 106.
• Whist often a penalty, 25.
• White fish, 159.
• Wild fruit on Selkirks, 269, 280.
• Wilderness, entry into, 277.
• Williamette River, 359.
• Wilmot, Mr., 325.
• Wilson, George, 230.
• Windsor, visit near, 75;
• forest, 76.
• Winnipeg station, 177.
• Winnipeg, 179;
• its low level, 198;
• unprofitable land, 204.
• Wolseley, Lord, his views of Suez Canal, 433.
• Wright, Mr. Charles, 217.
• Wright, Mr. S. B., 308.
• Wright, Mrs., 308.
• Yale, 321.
• Yellow Head Pass, its advantages, 409.
• Yellowstone River, 363;
• park, 368.
• Young, Hon. John, 132.