Narrative of the Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition of 1857
And of the Assinniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition of 1858
2 Volume Set

Table of Contents

Volume 1: Preface
Part I. The Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition:
1. Toronto to Fort William
2. The Kaministiquia route
3. The Height of Land to Rainy Lake
4. Rainy Lake to the source of the Winnipeg river
5. The Winnipeg river
6. Red River settlements
7. The west and east banks of Red River
8. Brief history of the colony
9. The missions at Red River
10. Education in the settlement
11. Sketch of the country west of Red River
12. The journey to Canada via St Paul
Part II. The Assinniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition:
13. Fort Garry to the boundary line
14. From the boundary line to the Qu'appelle lakes via Fort Ellice
15. The Qu'appelle valley
16. Sand Hill Lake to the south branch of the Saskatchewan
17. From the Qu'appelle mission to Fort Ellice
18. From the elbow of the south branch of the Saskatchewan to the Nepowewin mission of the main Saskatchewan
19. From the Nepowewin mission across the country to Fort Ellice
20. The Qu'apelle valley
21. From Fort A la Corne, down the Saskatchewan
22. From the grand rapids of the Saskatchewan to the Red River settlements. Volume 2:
23. Lake Winnipeg
24. The mouth of the Little Saskatchewan
25. From Winnipego-Sis Lake to the summit of the Riding Mountain
26. Manitobah House
27. Winter journey with dogs from Fort Garry to Crow Wing
28. Indian wealth
29. Indian customs and superstitions
30. Indian population of British America
31. Indian title to Red River
32. Missionary labour and its results
33. The Hudson's Bay Company
34. The communication between Canada and Red River
35. The communication between Red River and the Pacific
36. Surface geology
37. The Laurentian and Huronian series
38. The Silurian and Devonian series
39. The Carboniferous series
40. The Cretaceous series
41. Climate of the Laurentides and the prairies
42. The locusts and the floods
Appendix
Index.