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2 volumes. xx, 494, [2] ad pp.; xvi, 472, [3] ad pp. 8vo. Illustrated with Twenty chromoxylograph plates; woodcut text illustrations; 7 maps (2 folding, all partly colored); 4 colored profiles on 1 folding sheet. (8vo) original blindstamped green cloth, spines lettered in gilt. First Edition.

Hind's investigations of the country between Lake Superior and the Rocky Mountains were prompted by the need for a land access to the gold fields of British Columbia and for the possible establishment of a railway route to the Pacific Coast, and led to the discovery of fertile farming area in the Saskatchewan basin. During the expedition Hind lived almost continuously among the Cree and Chippewa, whose habits and peculiarities he was able to study. The narrative is enhanced by the spectacular color plates and woodcut illustrations reproduced from photographs taken by Humphrey Lloyd Hime, photographer to the Assinninboine and Saskatchewan Expedition, or from sketches by John Fleming, Assistant Surveyor and Draughtsman. Graff 1892; Sabin 31934; Soliday II:521; Streeter 3730; Wagner-Camp-Becker 360.