Champlain, Lake, 7 



Chatham dockyard, 12 



chestnut bark, 15, 213 



chine, 164, 166, 184, 187, 188, 195, 202, 204, 205, 206 



Chippewa (Chippeway; Indian tribe), 122 



Chipewyan (Indian tribe), 154, 155 



canoe, 155-158; ends, 156, 157; spreading gunwales, 

 158; dimensions, 158; kayak-form, 166, 167 



chisel, 23 



Christopherson, L. A. (Hudson's Bay Company Factor), 

 145, 146; on fur-trade canoe construction, 146, 147, 

 148, 149, 150, 151 



Chukchi umiak, 182, 183, 188; kayak, 195 



cockpit, kayak, 175, 176, 192, 195 AT., 197, 199, 200, 204, 

 205, 208, 21 1 



Coffin, Samuel, 95 



Collins, Henry B. (Bureau of American Ethnology), 174 



Colliers (magazine), 4 



construction methods, Malecite, 36-57, 72-74; Micmac, 58, 

 59-64; St. Francis, 90-93; Beothuk, 96-98; Eastern 

 Cree, 104-106; Tetes de Boule, 108-112; Algonkin, 

 U5-122; Ojibway, 125, 127 ff., Western Cree, 132, 

 133; fur-trade, 146-151; narrow-bottom, 155 fT.; 

 kayak-form, 160 ff. ; sturgeon-nose, 168-172; umiak, 

 176 ff., 182, 184-187; kayak, 192-194; temporary 

 canoes, 212-218; temporary skin boats, 218-220 



Copper Eskimo kayak, 204 



Copjjermine River, 155 



coracle, 176 



Coronation Gulf, 193, 204 



Coronation Gulf kayak, 204 



Cottonwood bark, 15 



Cowassek (Coosuc; Indian tribe), 88 



Crantz, David (missionary), 190, 223 



Cree Indians, central, 34; eastern, 99, 101-106; western, 

 132-134, 155 



crew, fur-trade canoe, 145 



crimping bark (in canoe building) , 29, 30, 2 1 2, 2 1 4, 2 1 6, 2 1 7 



crooked canoe, 99, 100, 106 



crooked knife (tool), 21, 23 



curragh, 176, 178; waterproofing skins for, 176; compared 

 with umiak and kayak, 178 



Cushnoc (Indian tribe), 88 



dart (for hunting), 194 



deck, kayak-form canoe, 159, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167; 



kayak, 176, 195 fT., 199, 202, 204, 21 1 

 decorations, 53; Micmac, 67, 68; Malecite, 82 ff.; St. 



Francis, 90, 91; Tetes de Boule, 112; Algonkin, 122; 



fur-trade, 146, 150, 151; kayak-form, 163; kayak, 



'97, '99 

 D^ne (Indian tribe), 162 

 Denys, Nicolas, 57, 68, 69 

 Dibble, Lt. Col. Herbert, 75 

 dimensions, canoe (see under tribal type); old canoes, 7 ff., 



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Dogrib Indians, 154, 155; canoe, 155-158 

 drill (tool), 19 

 dugout, 10, 213 



eastern canoe construction, 54 

 Eastern Cree Indians, 99, 100, 101-106 



canoe, 101-106; dimensions, 106 

 Eastport (Maine), 75 

 Egede, Hans (missionary), 190 

 elm bark, 8, 15, 212, 213, 214, 215 

 Encyclopedia Arctica, 6 



ends (canoe), 31, 32, 55, 56, 70, 72, 76, 77, 155 ff., 168, 217 

 engine, outboard gasoline, 175, 187 

 Eskimo, 154, 159, 175, 176, 182, 190, 191, 195 

 Eskimo roll, 194, 223-227 

 Eskimo skin boat (see kayak, umiak) 

 Espenberg, Cape, kayak, 200 

 express canoe, 137, 141 



Fort Chimo, 99, 100 



Foxe Basin, 182, 204 



frames (ribs), 19, 32; number of, 51; making and bending, 

 51; fitting, 51, 52, 56; temporary, 51, 52; Micmac, 60, 

 62; Malecite, 73, 77; St. Francis, 90, 91, 92; Eastern 

 Cree, 104, 105, 106; TStes de Boule, 110, 112; Algon- 

 kin, 122; Ojibway, 130; Western Cree, 132; fur-trade, 

 148, 149; narrow-bottom, 158; kayak-form, 160, 162 

 ff.; sturgeon-nose, 168, 172; umiak, 184 ff., 189, 190; 

 kayak, 192, 194 ff., 202, 204 ff., 21 1; rough construc- 

 tion of, 213; for temporary bark canoe, 218; for 

 temporary skin canoe, 219 



Franquet, Colonel (French military engineer-in-chief), 13 



froe (steel tool), 20, 21 



"frog" (headboard support), 35, 61 



fur trade, canoe cargoes in, 142, 145, 147, 152, 153; handling 

 furs, 142; pack loads, 142 ff., bundles and boxes. 

 142, 143; brigades, 152, 153 



fur-trade canoe, 5, 10 ff., 36, 37, 99, 112, 113, 1 18, 1 19, 122, 

 '3''> '35~'53' '56; described, 135, 153; names 

 applied to, 135, 147, 150; forms and categories, 136; 

 dimensions of, 138, 141, 142; construction methods, 

 146 ff., gunwales, 136, 148, 150; sheathing, 149; stem- 

 pieces, 150; headboards, 150; paint, 150, 151 



Fury Strait, 204 



Gay, John, 94, 96 



Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, 94 



gimlet (tool), 21 



Golden Lake Algonkin Reserve (Canada), 1 13 



gores (bark canoes), 30, 31, 41, 42, 48, 50; spacing, 57; 



Micmac, 60; Eastern Cree, 101; Tetes de Boule, 108; 



Algonkin, 117; fur-trade, 148; in umiak, skin cover, 



186 

 Grand Victoria Lake, 107, 146 

 great canoe (see fur-trade canoe), 135 

 Great Lakes, 5, 8, 10, 12 



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