INDEX
Amundsen, Captain Roald, makes the North-West Passage, [145].
Anderson, of the Hudson's Bay Company, finds traces of the Franklin expedition, [129-30].
Andrée, Prof., his attempt to reach the North Pole in a balloon ends in tragedy, [143-5].
Arctic seas, the short way to India and China by, [5-7].
Athabaska, Lake, geographical position of, [73].
Athabaska river, [66].
Back, Admiral Sir George, with Franklin, [95], [100], [101], [104]; rescues Franklin, [107]; explores Backs river, [111].
Baffin, William, and the North-West Passage, [32].
Baffin Island, Frobisher's experiences on, [12-14].
Belcher, Captain Sir Edward, in the search for the Franklin expedition, [124]; abandons his ships, [125]; court-martial on, [126].
Bellot, Lieut, of the French navy, sacrifices his life in the search for Franklin, [124], [125].
Buchan, Captain, and expedition to the North Pole, [93].
Cabot, Sebastian, and the North-West Passage, [5], [6].
Canada, the Far North of, a description, [1-2], [26-7]; resources of, [37-8], [87]; barren grounds, [40-1], [46], [55-7]; a geographical problem in, [71].
Chawchmahaw, an Indian chief, treachery of, [40-2].
Company of the North, hostility to Hudson's Bay Company, [36].
Cook, Captain, and the Arctic seas, [70].
Copper in the Far North, [37]; attempts to find, and disastrous fate of the expedition, [38]; found by Hearne, [63].
Coppermine river, attempts to reach, [38], [39]; Hearne at, [58]; Franklin at, [96], [100].
Crozier, Captain, with Franklin, [116]; fate of, [129], [132-4].
Cumberland House, Franklin at, [95].
Davis, John, his voyages in search of the North-West Passage, [23-31].
Dubawnt Lake, description of, [46].
Elizabeth, Queen, voyages under, [7]; honours Frobisher, [11].
English Chief, an Indian with Mackenzie, [75], [84].
'Erebus' and 'Terror' in Franklin's ill-fated expedition, [112], [116]; last seen, [117]; last news of and fate, [131], [132-4].
Eskimos, conflicts with explorers, [13-14], [16]; trade with, [25], [28]; Davis on, [28-30]; relations with the Indians, [56-7]; attacked and massacred, [58-61], [62]; and fate of the Franklin expedition, [127-8].
Fitzjames, Captain James, with the Franklin expedition, [116], [133].
Fort Chipewyan erected, [74], [78]; Franklin at, [95].
Fort Churchill, trade at, [38].
Fort Enterprise, Franklin winters in, [96]; a tragic episode, [103-7].
Fort Prince of Wales, expeditions from, [40], [42], [51], [68].
Fort Providence, Franklin at, [95].
Fox, Luke, and the North-West Passage, [32]; and Hudson Bay, [34].
'Fram,' the, and Nansen's theory, [141-3].
Franklin, Sir John, early training, [91]; first Arctic voyage, [93-4]; second, [94]; inland journeys, [64], [95-6]; a winter at Port Enterprise, [97-8]; traces Arctic coast in canoe, [98]; tragic journey back by land to Fort Enterprise, [99-104]; terrible experiences, [104-7]; third expedition, [109-110]; last and fatal expedition, [89], [113-17]; fate of, [127-9].
Franklin, Lady, her devotion, [90]; sends in search of Franklin expedition, [121], [124], [131].
Franklin expedition, the, apprehension in Britain concerning, [118-19]; search for, [121-6]; news of, [122-3], [127-8], [129-30]; tragic records of, [131-5].
Frobisher, Sir Martin, voyages in search of the North-West Passage, [10-14], [15-23].
Fur trade, effect of on Arctic exploration, [35].
Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, and the North-West Passage, [8-10].
Gold, search for in Arctic regions, [14], [17], [18], [20].
Great Bear river, Mackenzie on, [80], [87].
Great Slave Lake, description of, [66], [77].
Greeley, Lieut., his attempt to reach the North Pole, [139].
Greenland, or Frisland, [7], [11]; Land of Desolation, [23],
Hearne, Samuel, joins the Hudson's Bay Company, [39]; expeditions to Coppermine river, [40-1], [42-51], [51-63], [65-8]; and Admiral La Pérouse, [68].
Hepburn, a sailor with Franklin, [95], [101], [102], [103].
Hood, Lieut., with Franklin, [95], [100], [101]; his tragic death, [102].
Hudson, Henry, and the North-West Passage, [31-2].
Hudson Bay explored, [34]; convenience of for fur trade, [35]; conflicts between French and English in, [36].
Hudson's Bay Company founded, [35]; objects of, [36]; search for copper, [37-8]; development, [72].
Indians, their treachery, [41], [45]; troubles with, [47], [48]; designs against Eskimos, [56-7], [58-61]; shyness of, [79]; terror of the Far North, [80].
Indian women, an Indian's estimate of, [53].
Kelsey, Henry, inland journey of, [37].
Leroux, descends Great Slave river, [75]; with Mackenzie, [78], [88].
M'Clintock, Captain, finds last records of the Franklin expedition, [131-5].
M'Clure, Captain, first to make the North-West Passage, [124], [125-6].
Mackenzie, Alexander, joins North-West Company, [73]; journey to the Arctic ocean by the Mackenzie river, [75-88].
Marble Island, a grim tale of shipwreck at, [38].
Markham, Captain, and the North Pole, [139].
Matonabbee, an Indian chief, succours Hearne, [49]; character of, [51]; assists Hearne to reach Coppermine river, [53-4], [56]; his opinion of women, [53].
Meta Incognita, [14], [16]; formal landing of Frobisher on, [17]; a fort erected on, [21].
Michel, an Indian with Franklin, feeds on his companions and murders Lieut. Hood, [102-3].
Muscovy Company, the, and passage to the East by the White Sea, [6]; oppose Frobisher, [10].
Nansen, Dr, attempts to reach the Pole by drifting, [140-3].
North-West Company founded, [72].
North-West Passage, as a road to Asia, [5-8]; advantages of, [9]; Sir Humphrey Gilbert on, [8-10]; voyages in search of, [11-21], [23-32]; the passage nearly completed, [110-11], [114-115]; the passage made, [126], [145].
Norton, Moses, governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, and expeditions to Coppermine river, [39], [42], [50], [51].
Orkneys, the, savage state of the inhabitants of, [15].
Parry, Sir William, and the North-West Passage, [109], [113].
Peace river, course of, [71], [76].
Peary, Commander R. E., attempts to reach the North Pole, [140]; succeeds, [143-6].
Penny, Captain, finds traces of the Franklin expedition, [122].
Polar seas, a fruitful field for scientific investigation, [137]; Nansen's study of a scientific theory, [140-1].
Pole, North, progress in scientific knowledge creates desire to reach, [137-8].
Rae, Dr John, and the search for the Franklin expedition, [121], [127-9].
Richardson, Sir John, with Franklin, [95], [97], [100], [101], [102], [109-10]; shoots murderer of Lieutenant Hood, [103]; finds Franklin in a parlous state, [103-7]; in search for the Franklin expedition, [120-1].
Ross, Sir James, and the North-West Passage, [111]; in search for the Franklin expedition, [121].
Ross, Sir John, [111], [118], [121].
Simpson, Thomas, and the North-West Passage, [111].
Whale Island, why so named, [86].
Wholdaia Lake, description of, [54-5].
York Factory, Franklin at, [95].