INDEX. 



909 



197, 198, 210, 261, 283, 295, 311, 325; 



absence of, 346, 452, 489. 

 Monotony of life in the Arctic, 194, 267, 



383, 448, 466, 480, 490. 

 Monterey, Navy Yard tug, 76. 

 Moon, eclipse of, 205 ; great refraction 



of, 449 ; eclipse of, auuoted, 493. 

 Moonlight effects; 189. 

 Morison, J. C, 76. 

 Morse, Dr., of the Nares expedition, on 



te>ts of ice for drinking, 252. 

 Mosquitoes at Ounalaska Island, 85 ; 



found on the ice, 382. 

 Much, George W., 58. 

 Murres found on Bennett Island, 680. 

 Muster roll of officers and men, 875. 



Nares, Sir George, 32. 



Near-sightedness corrected by horse- 

 hair goggles, 269. 



Needle-ice, 633. 



Nelson, Mr., signal corps agent, 91, 95, 

 96. 



Newcoinb, Raymond L., naturalist of 

 the Jeaunette, 67 ; his relations to the 

 officers, 67 ; on the voyage to the 

 north, 78; his qualities," 80 ; collects 

 at St. Lawrence Bay, 101 ; adds ivory 

 gulls to his collection, 129; and a 

 Ross's gull, 151 ; finds mosquitoes, 

 382. 



Newman, Mr., agent at St. Michael's, 

 90 ; his generosity, 94, 95 ; bills the 

 expedition good-by, 96 ; an extem- 

 poraneous doctor, 522. 



New Siberian Islands, acts as a break- 

 water, 539; sighted, 720; landed on, 



• 723. 



New York, college of the city of, 2. 



Niudemann, one of the Polaris seamen, 

 12 ; makes crutches for G. W. De L., 

 38; on watch, i* ■ his qualities, 

 81; his previous experience, 199; 

 works in the fore peak stopping the 

 leak, 220 ; his tirelessness, 225 ; his 

 great strength, 225-229 ; work done 

 by, 234 ; is sent forward in company 

 with Noros by the captain for relief, 

 795 ; instructions given by Capt. De 

 Long, 802 ; the start, 803 ; loses a 

 deer, 804 ; the first camp, 805 ; the 

 difficulties of the march, 80(5 ; the two 

 ero>ses, 809 ; camp in a crevice, 810 ; 

 the camp fire seen by Capt. De Long, 

 811 ; crossing the river, 812; a snow 

 camp, 813; exhaustion, 814; shelter 

 in lately occupied huts, 815; a native 

 appears, 816; carried to the native's 

 camp, 817; attempt to explain the 

 situation of the party, 818 ; Kit Mark 

 Surka, 819 ; a pantomine, 820 ; in- 

 terview with Kusmah, 822; a dis- 



patch, 823 ; discovered by Mr. Mel- 

 ville, 824 ; remains at Bulun while 

 .Mr. Melville goes north, 838; re- 

 tained to assist in final search, 846 ; 

 returns to Bulun from Yakutsk, 851 ; 

 assists in the search, 853 ; helps bury 

 the dead, 860; goes on the search for 

 Lieut. Chipp and party, 861 ; returns 

 to the United States, 863 ; recom- 

 mended by court of inquiry, 868. 



Nischneudinsk, 848. 



Nordenskjold, Professor A. E., Arctic 

 voyager, 45 ; to be looked for by the 

 Jeaunette, 71 ; no news of at Ounalas- 

 ka, 85, 86 ; nor at St. Michael's, 90 ; 

 reported by Chief George, 100, 102; 

 conclusive evidence concerning, found 

 at Cape Serdze Kamen, 108. 



Nordquist, Lieut., 100. 



Noros, See Nindemann; accompanies 

 Mr. Jackson, 848, 849 ; returns to 

 United States, 863. 



Oaket, John, G. W. De L., in law 

 office of, 4. 



Olekmn, 863. 



Oogook, an, 409. 



Ounalaska, Alaska, 82, 83 ; marriage 

 ceremonies at, 85 ; imperfect condi- 

 tion of the charts of, 87. 



Osoktok, 842. 



Paleocrystic ice, 614, 619. 



Pandora, the, a steamer bought for the 

 Arctic Expedition, 44 ; renamed the 

 Jeaunette, 48. 



Papers in provision packages, 605. 



Paraselene, 157, 207. 



Parhelion, a, 296, 314. 



Patterson, Captain, 67. 



Peaked Hill, 20. 



Pemmican, preference given to Ameri- 

 can over English, 323. 



Petermann, Dr., views of regarding 

 Polar exploration, 47 ; his supposi- 

 tion regarding Wrangel Land, 49. 



Pie served out to the dogs, 543. 



Polaris, misfortunes of the, 12, 14 ; a bit 

 of her flag for the North Pole, 70. 



Porter, value of, in the Arctic, 325. 



Potatoes, discovery of, 284. 



Prince, the adventures of, 536, 537, 539. 



Propeller, means taken to get a sight of 

 the, 428 ; its good condition, 430. 



Qui xx, Vicar General, interest of in G. 



W. De L., 5. 

 Qu Vina, 843, 844. 



Rodger, Admiral John, 66. 

 Rodgers, U. S. S., sent in search of the 

 Jeaunette, 862. 



