House.
Norway House.
Nelson River House.
Berens River House.
Red River Colony.
Fort Garry.
Stone Fort.
Manitoba House.
Fort Pelly.
Cumberland House.
Carlton House.
Fort Pitt.
Edmonton.
Rocky Mountain House.
Fort Aminaboine.
Jasper's House.
Henry's House.
Fort Chipewyan.
Fort Vermilion.
Fort Dunvegan.
Fort Simpson.
Fort Norman.
Fort Good Hope.
Fort Halkett.
Fort Resolution.
Peel's River.
Fort Alexander.
Rat Portage House.
Fort Frances.
Isle a la Crosse.
SOUTHERN DEPARTMENT.
Moose Factory (the depot).
Rupert's House.
Fort George.
Michiskau.
Albany.
Lac Seul
Kinogomousse.
Matawagamingue.
Kuckatoosh.
New Brunswick.
Abitibi.
Temiscamingue.
Grand Lac.
Trout Lake.
Matarva.
Canasicomica.
Lacloche.
Sault de Ste. Maria.
Fort William.
Pic House.
Michipicoton.
Bachiwino.
Nepigon.
Washwonaby.
Pike Lake.
Temagamy.
Green Lake.
Missisague.
MONTREAL DEPARTMENT.
Lachine (the depot).
Riviere du Moine.
Lac des Allumettes.
Fort Coulonge.
Riviere Desert.
Lac des Sables.
Lake of Two Mountains.
Kikandatch.
Weymontachingue.
Rat River.
Ashabmoushwan.
Chicoutimie.
Lake St. John's.
Tadousac.
Isle Jeremie.
Port Neuf.
Goodbout.
Trinity River.
Seven Islands.
Mingan.
Nabisippi.
Natoequene.
Musquarro.
Fort Nasoopie.
Mainewan Lake.
Sandy Banks.
Gull Islands.
North-west River.
Rigolet.
Kiboksk.
Eyelick.
COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT.
Fort Vancouver (the depot).
Fort George.
Nez Perce.
Ockanagan.
Colville.
Fort Hall.
Thompson's River.
Fort Langley.
Cootanies.
Flat-head Post.
Nisqually.
Alexandria.
Fort Chilcotin.
Fort James.
Fort Fluz Cuz.
Babine Lake.
And an agency in the Sandwich Islands.
There are seven different grades in the service. First, the labourer,
who is ready to turn his hand to anything; to become a trapper,
fisherman, or rough carpenter at the shortest notice. He is generally
employed in cutting firewood for the consumption of the establishment at
which he is stationed, shovelling snow from before the doors, mending
all sorts of damages to all sorts of things, and, during the summer
months, in transporting furs and goods between his post and the nearest
depot. Next in rank is the interpreter. He is, for the most part, an
intelligent labourer, of p
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