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INDEX. 



Ross's gulls, 151, 385, 387, 390. 



Routine, daily, 145 ; in winter months, 

 160; change of, for spring and sum- 

 mer, 305. 



Rush, revenue cutter, 83, 86. 



Sabine Islands, 20. 



Sagastyr, where was it?, 773, 774, 782; 

 all hope of it given up, 790. 



St. George, schooner, 83. 



St. Lawrence Bay, 85 ; character of the 

 scenery of, 99. 



St. Mary's, School-ship, G. W. De L. 

 ordered to, 43 ; incident on, 40 ; how 

 G. W. De L was regarded by the boys, 

 41. 



St. Michael's, Alaska, 83; reached by 

 the Jeaimette, 89; its miserable char- 

 acter, 90. 



St. Raul's Island, S3, 84. 



Sannikov, of Hedenstrom's expedition, 

 740. 



Salt beef, experiments in curing, 278 ; 

 quality of, 325. 



Schuetze, Master W. H., with Lieut. 

 Harber, 848. 



Scurvy, and its connection with the use 

 of salt water, 290, 291 ; freedom from, 

 of the crew of the Jeannette, 321 ; 

 causes of its absence, 337 ; special 

 signs of its absence, 465. 



Seals, vulnerable in bones, 135; steady 

 provision, 155, 157, 159 ; watching for, 

 268 ; carnivorous, 327 ; success in 

 catching, 385 ; time of shedding coat, 

 404, 427 ; delicious article of diet, 

 643. 



Seddon, Cape. 18. 



Semenovski Island, lauded on, 744 ; de- 

 posit left on it, 747 ; proposal to visit, 

 863. 



Sengstaecke, Captain, 105, 107. 



Serdze Kamen, Cape, 102; made by 

 the Jeannette, 105; description of, 

 106. 



Sewell Rump, the, 234, 235, 240, 241, 

 245. 



Shackelton, Cape, 15. 17, 19, 27, 28. 



Sharvell, detects leak in ship, 219; dis- 

 turbance at the appearance of ice, 

 298. 



Shipping articles, 873. 



Sibiriakoff, Mr., 105, 107. 



Silence of the Arctic, 396. 



Sister (ianach, 843. 



Smith Sound as a route to the Pole, 45. 



Snellen type-tests, 195, 200, 201. 



Snow crystals, remarks of Dr. Ambler 

 on, 887. 



Snow-spectacles, difficulty in securing 

 constant use of, 339 ; g'eneral use of, 

 360. 



Snow-storm, a, and its effects, 449, 450. 



Snuffy, a dog, 328 ; his death, 438. 



Spitzbergen route to the Role, 48. 



Spring in the Arctic, 280. 



Steam-cutter's engine, attempt to use it 

 to work the bilge-pump, 243. 



Starr, Edward, case of discipline with, 

 641. 



Steward, Chinese on the Jeannette, 

 traits of, 81; illness of, 157; calm- 

 ness and contentment of, 271. 



Stove, an economical, for heating and 

 distilling, 337. 



Street, Richard, boatswain's mate on 

 the Little Juniata,. 14. 



Stringham, Admiral, and the reasona- 

 ble midshipman, 8. 



Sukkertoppen, Greenland, 12. 



Sun, the, at midnight, 334 ; extraordi- 

 nary refraction of, 485. 



Surgeon, letter of G. W. De L. regard- 

 ing the post of, 64. 



Swedes as Arctic sailors, 48. 



Sweetman, Alfred, carpenter, employed 

 by Mr. Bennett and transferred to the 

 Jeannette, 53; his character, 81 ; on 

 New Year's evening, 207 ; work done 

 by him, 225, 234,' 235; his valuable 

 services, 437 ; recommended for a 

 medal of honor, 868. 



Tchernieff, Governor of Yakutsk, 848. 



Tease, the, death of, 413. 



Tegetthof, the, 126, 174. 



Temple, Commodore Wm. G., president 



of court of inquiry, 863. 

 Tessiussak, 15; character of the place, 



16, 27. 

 Thermometers, mercurial and spirit, 273. 

 Thompson, R. W., Secretary of the Navy, 



dealings of with G. W. De L , 56 ; his 



comments on the commander, 57 ; his 



orders for the expedition, 71 ; letter 



to from G. W. De L, 86. 

 Tide-measurements at Bennett Island, 



682, 889. 

 Tigress, U. S. S., 13, 14, 26, 31. 

 Tiller-room, the, 315. 

 Tobacco, absence of, regretted, 717. 

 Tuscarora, U. S. Steamer, 76. 

 Two Crosses, the, 809, 839. 

 Tyson, Mate of the Polaris, 1 2. 



Upernavik, Greenland, 12, 13, 14, 15, 

 35. 



Vandalta, U. S. Steamer, 52. 

 Ventilation on ship-board, 150, 483. 

 Verkeransk, 847. 

 Vincennes, point reached by the, 123. 



Wadleigh, Commander Geo. II., 866. 



