INDEX. 



Kamtchatka, 100. 



Kas Karta, 840. 



Kellett H., Captain, 114. 



Kellett Land, 90, 149. 



Ketchum, Mr., 95. 



King-, S. A., the aeronaut, and his views, 

 50. 



King, William, extra seaman on the 

 Little Juniata, 14. 



Kingitok, 15. 



Kite-flying by Mr. Chipp and the China- 

 men, 526, 528. 



Koliutchin Bay, 99, 109. 



Koteluoi Island, 728 ; hut on, 739. 



Kuehne, violin solo of, 208. 



Ku Mark Surka, reached by Ninde- 

 mann and Noros, 819; visited by Mr. 

 Melville, 839-843, 846. 



Knrosiwo current, the, 48, 148, 373. 



Kusmah, a Russian exile, meets Ninde- 

 mann and Noros, 822 ; is sent to Bu- 

 lun by Mr. Melville, 83 i; returns 

 with tidings, 835. 



Lancaster, U. S. S., Geo. W. De L. 

 ordered to, 8. 



Land, first sight of new, 544. 



Laundry, an Arctic, 394. 



Lauterbach, John, on the sick list, 551. 



Lead-poisoning from tomato cans, 558. 



Leak discovered, 219 ; efforts made to 

 stop it, 220-230; diminution, 234, 

 235 ; its locality partly determined, 

 248 ; puzzle concerning, 301 ; calcu- 

 lation of its amount, 335 ; decrease of, 

 392. 



Lemly, Master Samuel C, judge advo- 

 cate of court of inquiry, 865. 



Lena Delta, character of the, 801, 802, 

 859. 



Liebig's extract, value of in the Aretic, 

 622 ; the last in use, 744. 



Lime-juice, 189, 190, 321 ; last issue of, 

 724. 



Lisbon, G. W. De L.'s first and only ap- 

 pearance in the opera at, 38 ; his cir- 

 cus feat there, 39. 



Loft us, Lord, 394. 



Lunar halos, evidence of ice openings, 

 236. 



Lutke's Island, 101. 



Lynghe, Jacob, an Esquimaux inter- 

 preter and coast pilot on the Little 

 Juniata, 15. 



McClintock, Admiral, 44. 



M'cNair, Commander Frederic V., mem- 

 ber of court of inquiry, 865. 



Magnetic observations, impossibility of 

 securing accurate, 357. 



Maher. .Martin T., seaman on the Little 

 Juniata, 14. 



Mare Island Navy Yard, 54. 



Markham, Captain, on G. W. De L.'s 

 boat journey, 32 ; his views regarding 

 balloons, 49 ; his difficulty in travel- 

 ling over ice, 350. 



Mat Vai, 839 ; a depot of supplies, 851, 

 853, 855 ; camp there, 859. 



May, Sidney II., accompanies G. W. Ue 

 L., on the Little Juniata, 14 ; has diffi- 

 culty in lighting a match, 25. 



Medical examinations, 159; results of, 

 165, 166, 241,308. 



Meerschaum pipe lost and found, 366. 



Melville, George W., chief engineer of 

 the Jeanuette, 64 ; his qualities, 80, 

 91 ; on a hunting party, 94 ; put in 

 charge of the coal, 133; gets the 

 steam-pump ready, 219; his valuable 

 services, 223 ; his ceaseless activity, 

 224 ; his inventiveness, 235 ; con- 

 structs a windmill, 311; the credit 

 which it reflects on him, 367 ; heads 

 a party to visit Henrietta Island, 555 ; 

 equipment furnished, 556 ; directions 

 given. 557 ; his experience at the isl- 

 and, 565 ; in command of the whale- 

 boat, 694 ; instructions given him by 

 G. W. De L., 696 ; is separated with 

 his party from the rest, 828 ; weathers 

 the gale', 829 ; makes land, 830 ; starts 

 for Bulun, 831 ; is detained at Geco- 

 movialocke, 832; prepares dispatches, 

 833 ; sends Kusmah to Bulun, 834 ; 

 receives word of Nindemann and No- 

 ros, 835 ; goes alone to Bulun, 836 ; 

 starts north in search of Captain De 

 Long and his party, 838 ; his expe- 

 rience on the first search, 839-846; 

 goes to Yakutsk, 847 ; makes prepa- 

 rations for final search, 850; returns 

 to Bulun, 851 ; goes to Mat Vai and 

 proceeds to search, 853 ; discovers the 

 bodies, 855 ; finds a place for burial, 

 857 ; sends out parties in search of 

 Lieut. Chipp and party, 860 ; returns 

 to Yakutsk, 862 ; returns to the 

 United States, 864 ; praised by court 

 of inquiry, 869 ; his memoranda of 

 des'gn for construction and fitting of 

 a vessel for Arctic exploration, 880. 



Melville Bay, 13, 18; its dangers, 32. 



Meteorological instruments, moved from 

 ice to ship, 166 ; back to the ice again, 

 172 ; once more to the ship, 173. 



Miller, Capt. Joseph N., member of 

 court of inquiry, 863. 



Miller, General, of the Alaska Company, 

 88, 103. 



Minstrel entertainment, Christmas eve, 

 4'.»5 ; New Year's eve, 498. 



Moisture between decks, 154, 158, 191, 



