Pierre the Fool, 218, 219, 223, 224; his description of the country east of Clinton Golden Lake, 223.
Pierre, an Indian boy, the son of little François, 159.
Pierre, Ile de, 141, 142, 166, 229; a good spot for fishing, 27.
Portage, the Long, 12; the work of portaging described, 17, 18.
"Prairie, the bald-headed," a term of the cattlemen, 2.
Rabbit and lynx, their periodic decease, 293.
Rae, Fort, 95, 148, 167, a good starting-point for the Barren Ground, 299.
Raven, a superstition concerning the, 66.
Reid, Mr., of Fort Province, told King Beaulieu that the earth went round the sun, 83.
Resolution, Fort, on the Great Slave Lake, the northern limit of the Athabasca district, 12, 22, 24, 50, 59, 97, 130, 150, 154, 163, 167, 185, 210, 225, 227, 228, 230, 232, 233; Mr. Pike returns to it, 143; its history and present life, 144, 145; it is not perhaps the best starting-point for the Barren Ground, 300.
Rocher, Lac du, 38, 39, 63, 73, 91, 128; it is a haunt of the caribou, 39; trout are caught in it, 39; its products and geological structure, 41, 42; it is like the desert of Arnavatn in Iceland, 42.
Rocks, Point of, the end of the Muskeg country, 27.
Rocky Mountains, the, v, ix, 1, 143, 155, 209, 231, 237, 238, 241, 248, 250, 260, 265, 272, 281, 291, 294; the first glimpse of, 252, 253; Mr. Pike's attempt to cross them, 232-272.
Saint John, Fort, often called St. John's, 156, 249, 251, 252, 253, 294, 295.
Saltatha, an Indian who joins Mr. Pike's expedition, 97, 109, 111, 112, 114, 115, 120, 122, 123, 168, 171, 172, 193, 195, 197, 202, 203, 208, 217, 219, 226; his energy, 105, 190; his character, 115; his illness and its cure by brandy, 211, 227; his friendly parting with Mr. Pike, 232; his answer to the priest concerning the beauties of heaven, 302.
Shooting etiquette must be abandoned among the Indians, 159.
Simpson, Mr. Scott, in charge of river transport, 6.
Slave or Great Slave Lake, vii, 13, 15, 16, 20, 21, 25, 36, 40, 41, 42, 44, 48, 50, 63, 68, 84, 85, 88, 131, 148, 155, 156, 172, 176, 178, 191, 213, 215, 218, 219, 221, 223, 225, 228, 242, 248, 300, 301; Mr. Pike's journey on, finished, 34; his last view of, 35; the vegetation on its banks, 30, 31; it is a charming place to live on, 232. [There is a Lesser Slave Lake, _see_ "Lesser."]