[11] According to the observations of Dr. Rae, with small aneroid barometer.
[12] Dr. Rae.
[13] Lieut. Palmer, R.E.
[14] See reports of Captain Palliser’s expedition, published in the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society for 1860.
[15] Journal of Royal Geographical Society for 1860; Dr. Hector’s Report.
[16] From the observations of Dr. Rae.
[17] From the observations of Dr. Rae.
[18] There is a most striking difference, however, between the general physique and features of the two sexes amongst the true Red Indians. The men are tall, and their features bold and prominent, the nose being generally Roman. The women are generally rather short, their faces rounder, and the nose squat. This difference was well shown in the case of The Assiniboine and his wife, of whom excellent portraits are given in the Frontispiece.
[19] Chinook is a jargon which was invented by the Hudson’s Bay Company for the purpose of facilitating communication with the different Indian tribes. These were so numerous, and their languages so various, that the traders found it impossible to learn them all, and adopted the device of a judicious mixture of English, French, Russian, and several Indian tongues, which has a very limited vocabulary; but which, by the help of signs, is readily understood by all the natives, and serves as a common language.
[20] Vide “Prize Essay on British Columbia,” by the Rev. R. C. L. Brown, M.A., Minister of St. Mary’s, Lilloet.