Great Slave Lake, 155 



Greenland, 176, 181, 187, 191, 194 



Greenland kayak, 190 fF., 195, 202, 205; 206 (northern 

 coast, Polar coast), 208 (southern coast), 21 1 (modern) 



Greenland roll, 223 ff. 



Greenland umiak, 182, 190 



Gulf of Boothia, 204 



gum, 17; spruce, 17, 24, 25; tempering, 24, 25; repairs 

 with, 25, 26; paying seams with, 50, 53 



gunwale, making, 19, 38; profile of, 28, 29; plan view of, 

 29; forms of, 31; ends of, 31, 38; inner, 31; outer, 

 3I' 47ff> 55' 60, 72, 73, 118, 119, 150, 155, 156, 169; 

 lashing, 31 ff., 44, 45, 48, 60, 108, 109, 120, 149, 155, 

 156, 159, 169 (see also under lashing); securing bark to, 

 31, 33; setting up, 37; use as building frame, 37, 38, 40, 

 41; size of, 38; variations in construction of, 55; 

 Micmac, 60, 61; hogged, 55, 59, 62, 63; Malecite, 

 72 ff., St. Francis, 89; Beothuk, 97, 98; Eastern 

 Cree, loi; Tetes de Boule, 108. 112; spreading, 

 117, 118, 127, 148, 158; Algonkin, 116, 117, 118, 

 119; Ojibway, 127; Western Cree, 132; fur-trade, 

 136, 148, 150; narrow-bottom, 155, 156; kayak-form, 

 159, 160, 164 ff. ; sturgeon-nose, 168, 169, 172; umiak, 

 182, 184 ff., 190; kayak, 192 ff., 202, 204, 205, 206, 

 208, 211; temporary canoe, 212, 213, 216, 219, 220 



gunwale cap, making and fitting, 52, 53; Micmac, 60, 61 ; 

 Malecite, 73; Eastern Cree, 104; Tetes de Boule, 

 108, 109, Algonkin, 118, 119; fur-trade, 136, 150; 

 narrow-bottom, 155; sturgeon-nose, 172 



handgrip, 197, 199, 200 



Hare (Indian tribe), 154 



Harper's Weekly, 4 



Harper'' s Young People Magazine, 4 



harpoon (hunting weapon), 194 



headboard, 35, 36; support, 35, 61; making and fitting, 52 

 Micmac, 61; Malecite, 74, 78, 79; St. Francis, 89 

 Eastern Cree, loi ; Tetes de Boule, 109, 1 10; Algonkin 

 113, 119; Ojibway, 123, 125, 127; fur-trade, 150 

 narrow-bottom, 155, 157; umiak, 182, 184, 186, 189 

 190; post used as, 217 



Hearne, Samuel (explorer), 155, 164 



Heath, John, 174, 175, 194, 199, 223 



Hecla Strait, 204 



Henry, Jr., Alexander, 13 



hickory bark, 15, 213 



Hill, Frederick (Director, Mariners' Museum), 4 



hogged bottom (center upcurved lengthwise), 30, 161, 162 

 164, 165, 168 



hogged gunwale, 55, 59, 62, 63 



hogging brace, umiak, 188 



hot water, use of in bending wood, 20, 1 17 



Howley, James Patrick, 95, 96 



Hudson Bay, 5, 181, 182, 189, 191, 



Hudson Strait, 182, 191, 202, 205 



Hudson's Bay Company, 4, 13,99, '°7- 'S^. i44> '51 



hunting canoe, Micmac, 58, 65, 70; kayak-form, 165 

 hunting screen, kayak, 195 

 Huron Indians, 132 

 Huron, Lake, 1 13 



Indian migrations, 5, 27 (see also under tribal names) 



ice, skin-boats in, 180 



Illinois Indians, 132 



Irish, 176; curragh, 176, 178 



"Iroquois canoe," in fur trade, 136 (see fur-trade canoe) 



Iroquois Indians, 7, 10, 99, 114 



canoe (temporary), 213-219 



jack pine roots (for canoe lashings), 16 



jacket, watertight, 199, 211 



James Bay, 99, 132 



Japanese sampan, igi, 192, 205, 211 



Jochelson, Waldemar, 182 



Joliet, Louis, 8 



kayak, 174, 176, 190-21 1; multichine hull, 175, 191, 199; 

 cockpit, 175, 176, 192, 195 ff., 199, 200, 205, 208, 211; 

 deck, 176, 192, 195 ff., 1 99, 204, 211; structure, 178, 

 180; keelson, 178, 192, 195, 200, 204, 206, 211; gun- 

 wales, 178, 192 ff., 202, 204, 205, 206, 208, 211; 

 geographic distribution, 190, 191; v-bottom, 190 ff., 

 195, 202, 206, 208, 211; risers, 190; flat bottom, 190 

 ff., 204 ff.; Alaskan, 190 ff., 195, 196; distribution, 

 190, igi; design, 191, 192; handling and use, 191, 194, 

 195, 199; portaging, igi, 199; construction, 192-194; 

 keel, 192; frames, 192, 194 ff., 202, 204 ff., 211; 

 bone fittings, 193, 204, 208, 211; seat, 194; skin cover, 

 194; paddle, 194, 195, 197, 202, 204, 205; as ca- 

 tamaran, 194; righting, 194, 223-227; hunting 

 screen, 195; thwarts, 195 ff., 199, 208; Koryak, 195; 

 Kodiak Island, 195, 196; breakwater, 196; decora- 

 tions, 197, 199; Aleutian, 196, 197; Unalaska, 196, 

 197; two-passenger, 197; three-passenger, 197; Nuni- 

 vak Island, 197, 199; King Island, 199, 200; Cape 

 Krusenstern, 200; Cape Espenberg, 200; Point 

 Barrow, 200; Norton Sound, 200; Mackenzie Delta, 

 200, 202; Kotzebue Sound, 200; sheer, 200, 204 ff., 

 208, 211; Copper Eskimo, 204; Coronation Gulf, 204; 

 Caribou, 204; Netsilik, 204; Baffin Island, 204, 205; 

 Labrador, 205, 206; rocker (camber) of bottom, 205, 

 206, 211; Greenland, 206, 208, 211; flare, 206; rake 

 of ends, 208 



kayak-form canoe, 154, 158-168; Sekani, 159; Nahane, 159; 

 bateau-shaped, 159; rake of ends, 159, 164; Loucheux, 

 161, 166; bottom frame of, 160 ff.; paddler's seat, 163; 

 hunting, 165; British Columbia, 165; family, 165, 166; 

 keel, 166; Chipewyan, 166, 167 



keel, Beothuk canoe, 96, 97, 98; kayak-form canoe, 166; 

 kayak, 192 



keelson, umiak, 184, 186, 188; kayak, 192, 195, 200, 202, 

 204, 206, 21 1 



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