INDEX. 



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composes a prologue, 208 ; discovers \ 

 magnetic particles in sand, 434 ; finds 

 good luck in a snow-bird lighting on 

 a flagstaff, 761 ; his dying the last 

 word recorded by the captain, 800; 

 crucifix buried with him, 860. 



Compasses, effect of temperature on the 

 needles of the, 335. 



Cone Island, 17. 



Congregation, limited, at divine service, 

 448. 



Congress passes a bill accepting the 

 Jeannette, 54. 



Cook, Chinese, on the Jeannette, 78, 80; 

 his excellence, 82 ; his slight deficien- 

 cies, 93 ; indifference to weather, 271 ; 

 interchange of work with steward, 

 355. 



Coral brought up in dredging, 148. 



Court of inquiry held upon the Jean- 

 nette, 865 ; its examination and find- 

 ing, 866-868; text of finding, 892- 

 902. 



Crimson snow, 447. 



Danenhower, John W., goes in Jean- 

 nette to San Francisco as executive 

 officer, 52 ; in charge at Mare Island, 

 57 ; on the voyage to the north, 80 ; 

 his character, 91 ; starts a school of 

 elementary navigation for the crew, 

 190; beginning of trouble in his left 

 eye, 202; further trouble, 211; his 

 case excites uneasiness, 212 ; his cheer- 

 ful courage, 212 ; operation performed 

 on his eye, 227 ; disquiet caused by 

 his case, 229 ; critical condition, 241 ; 

 aggravation of his case, 259 ; sixth 

 operation on his eye, 274 ; his heroic 

 endurance, 274 ; unaffected by scur- 

 vy, 309 ; a relapse, 347 ; his helpless- 

 ness, 379; his cheerfulness, 391 ; im- 

 possibility of satisfactory surgical 

 operation on shipboard, 530 ; makes 

 an attempt to reach Barkin, 834 ; left 

 in charge of the whaleboat party by 

 Mr. Melville, 836 ; joins Mr. Melville 

 at Burulak, 838 ; proceeds to Ya- 

 kutsk, 839 ; to Irkutsk, 847 ; returns 

 to United States, 848. 



Danes as Arctic sailors, 48. 



Darkness, effect of, on human beings, 

 193; experiments regarding, 195; 

 bleaches the face, 231. 



Day, in the Arctic, record of a, 383, 384. 



De Haven expedition, the, and its ex- 

 perience of scurvy, 290, 291. 



De Long, George Washington, paren- 

 tage and birth, 1 ; character of his 

 mother, 1; early education, 2: choice 

 of profession, 3; enters the office of 

 Mr. Oakey, 4 ; eager to enlist, 4 ; 



applies for admission to Naval Acad- 

 emy, 5 ; his rebuff, and his way out 

 of his difficulties, 6 ; graduates, 7 ; is 

 ordered to U. S. S. Canandaigua, 7 ; 

 presents his views to Admiral String- 

 ham, 8 ; promotion, 8 ; ordered to the 

 Lancaster, S ; death of his mother 

 and father, 9 ; hurries to Havre, 9 ; is 

 married under difficulties, 10 ; is or- 

 dered to the Nantasket as executive 

 officer, 11 ; is ordered to the Frolic 

 and then to the Juniata, 12; volun- 

 teers for special service, 12; takes 

 command of search party in Little 

 Juniata, 13; receives his orders, 13; 

 starts on voyage to the north, 15; 

 puts in at Tessiussak, 16 ; passes Cape 

 Shackeltou, 17; caught in the pack, 

 18; iu the fog, 19; driven by the 

 storm, 22 ; gives up the search, 26 ; 

 returns to the Juniata, 30 ; the peril 

 in which he was, 31 ; his account to 

 his wife, 32 ; tenders his services iu 

 eveut of another Arctic expedition, 

 37 ; his power of endurauce illustrated, 

 37 ; his first and only appearance in 

 opera, 38 ; his circus feat, 39 ; his 

 courtesy and kindness, 40 ; interview 

 with Mr. Grinuell, 42; proposals 

 made to Mr. Bennett, 43 ; attached to 

 the St. Mary's, 43 ; makes search for 

 an Arctic vessel, 44; writes to Mr. 

 Bennett upon purchase of the Pan- 

 dora, 45 ; proposes plans of procedure, 

 46 ; inquires into the practicability 

 of balloons in the Arctic, 50 ; sails with 

 his wife and child for San Francisco, 

 52 ; his responsibility in preparing for 

 the expedition, 55 ; ordered to Wash- 

 ington to meet the Secretary of the 

 Navy, 56 ; gives instruction to Master 

 Danenhower, 57 ; his regard for econ- 

 omy, 59 ; his varied tasks, 62 ; writes 

 to Lieut. Chipp, 63 ,• his estimate of 

 his associates, 66 ; his views regarding 

 the crew, 68 ; his disappointment that 

 Mr. Bennett could not bid them fare- 

 well, 71 ; his motives for the expedi- 

 tion, 73; his character, 74 ; survey of 

 himself, 92 ; leaves a letter regarding 

 Nordenskjold at Cape Serdze Kamen, 

 106; physical condition, first winter, 

 165 ; anxiety of mind at the action of 

 the ice, 177 ; disinclination to describe 

 ice-scenery, 187 ; his anxiety at the 

 condition' of affairs, 221, 229, 259; 

 tries his hand at driving a dog team, 

 310; depression at the outlook, 360 ; 

 bis sense of impotence, 3£3 ; af- 

 fected by the silence of the Arctic, 

 396 ; discouragement, 404, 405 ; sur- 

 vey of the situation, 410 ; encounter 



