P Palæozoic region, mineral products of the, 182 Paper making, operations in, 64 Passengers carried by the C.P.R., 116 Paul Little Walker, 209 Peace River valley, 227 Pelican Portage, 228 _Pelican_, the fight of the, and the _Hudson’s Bay_, 19 Petroleum, extent of fields, 179 ——, prospects of in Peace River district, 229 Pigs, success in raising, 98 Platinum, location of deposits, 178 Ploughing, first, of the land, 132 Police methods in the North West, 120 Population, distribution of, 111 ——, growth in U.S.A., 2 Port Nelson, 131 Portage la Roche, 203 Portland cement, output from Quebec Province, 42 Potatoes, annual yield of, 42 ——, average crop, 164 Potatoes, successful raising in Saskatchewan, 197 Prairie, animal life on the, 260 —— farming, 83 —— ——, preparing the ground, 86 —— fire, experiences in a, 152 —— fires, devastation of, 237 ——, open air life on the, 260 —— Provinces, the, 84 —— ——, mineral wealth of, 186 Prince Albert, 202 —— Rupert, 241 Prosperity in farming, steps to, 146 Ptomaine poisoning, causes of, 249 Pulp-wood, abundance of in Central Saskatchewan, 197 Pyrites, location of deposits, 179 Q Quebec, Act, the, 13 ——, Dufferin Terrace, 9 ——, first impressions, 9 ——, the slums of, 10 —— Province, copper in, 178 —— ——, early colonising of, 32 —— ——, extent of, 32 —— ——, gold in, 178 —— ——, iron in, 177 —— ——, mineral output, 42 —— ——, mineral possibilities, 182 —— ——, mineral wealth of, 41 —— ——, prospecting in, 33 —— ——, prosperity in, 33 —— ——, value of forests, 43 R Railway building in Canada, some of the difficulties, 117 —— extensions in Canada, 231 ——, projected new route to Europe, 131 Railway prospects in Northern Saskatchewan, 200 ——, the Government’s first, 110 Ready-made farms, 127 Red Indian ethics, a typical example of, 35 —— —— raidings, 23 —— Indians, Government treatment of, 217 —— —— in Canada, proportion of, 111 —— ——, North-West, treaties with, 30 —— ——, aid in prospecting, 34 —— ——, mission stories of, 207 —— ——, teaching the, to read and write, 214 —— ——, the compact of 1807, 26 —— —— and Christianity, 206 —— —— and missionary effort, 204 —— —— and railway builders, 119 Red River district, first settlement in, 26, 27 Reindeer Lake, 198 Riel rebellion, the first, 29 —— ——, the second rising, 31 —— ——, the, and the railway, 122 Roblin, the Hon. R. P., 84 Robson, Mount, ascents of, 238