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INDEX 



tances played by, 369 ; traveling of, 

 in dreams, as believed by Eskimos, 

 409-410; color of Eskimos', 469-471. 

 Eyesight of animals, 307. 



Fat, tastes as to, 232-234 ; discussion of, 

 as found on caribou, 246-247 ; pref- 

 erence of polar bears for, 354 ; ques- 

 tion of need for, in arctic diet, 355- 

 356 ; fondness of tropical African ne- 

 groes for, 356. 



Fiala, Anthony, pictures by, of polar 

 auroras, 415. 



Field glasses, method of using, 227-228; 

 two kinds of, carried in hunting, 489. 



Findlay Island, 533, 534 ; crossing of, 539. 



Firth, John, friend at Fort Macpherson, 

 112 ; a believer in survival of author, 380. 



Fish, amount of, in arctic waters, 132- 

 133, 209; caught by Copper Eskimos, 

 420. 



Fisher, Cape, 564; McClintock's monu- 

 ment and record at, 489. 



Fitzwilliam Owen Island of McClintock, 

 335. 



Flaxman Island, visit to Leffingwell at, 

 88-90. 



Floe ice, description of, 145-146. 



Flowers. <See Vegetation. 



Food, simplicity of, in the North, 87; 

 value of different kinds of, 191 ; man's 

 power of going without, 193-194 ; 

 human tastes and prejudices regarding, 

 211; bear meat as, 211-212; Eskimo 

 tastes in, 231-232 ; eating of fats, 232- 

 234 ; going on hunts before eating, 337- 

 338 ; habits as to, of polar bears, 354 ; 

 the case against use of salt in, 365 ; 

 Eskimos' ideas of white men's, 425- 

 426 ; connection between diseases of 

 dogs and, 427 ; value of sugar as, 652 ; 

 unsatisfactoriness of pemmican as, 717- 

 718. See Eating. 



Food tastes, of dogs, 61-63 ; of Eskimos, 

 63-64 ; of white men, 64-65. 



Fort Yukon, hospital at, 680; author's 

 arrival at (April, 1918), 685; courtesy 

 and hospitality of people of, 685-686. 



Fossil shells found at Darnley Bay, 743- 

 744. 



Fox, game of, with caribou yearlings, 624. 



Foxes, polar, 17 ; characteristics of white, 

 155-156 ; in Banks Island, 255 ; trap- 

 ping of, about whale's carcass at Banks 

 Island, 287 ; killing of lemmings by, 

 332 ; question of talked-of wisdom of, 

 333; lemmings, owls, and, 345-347. 



From, drift of the, 673. 



Franklin, Sir John, description of Eskimo 



seen by, 471. 

 Franklin Bay, local gale a phenomenon 



of, 478. 

 Franklin Expedition, 7 ; practicability 



of members of, living off the country, 



323. 

 Franz Josef Land, glaciers in, 12. 

 Frost, methods of dealing with, in cloth- 

 ing, 603-607. 

 Fry, Mr. and Mrs. Henry, missionaries 



at Herschel Island, 677-682 ; kindness 



and good intentions of, 682. 

 Fuel, kerosene better than seal blubber 



as, 163 ; prevalence of, on mainland 



of northern Canada, 243 ; ignorance of 



native tribes as to, 243-244. 



Galena, finding of, near Detention Har- 

 bor, 748. 



Gales as local phenomena, 478. 



Geese, driving of, by Eskimos, 371 ; 

 found north of Cape Isachsen, 518. 

 See Birds. 



German silver, shoeing sleds with, 601-602. 



Girling, H., missionary, 752. 



Glaciers, location of, 11 ; absence of, from 

 northern Alaska, 11-12. 



Glasses. See Field glasses and Snow 



"God's Country" movies, 227. 



Gonzales, Henry, made commander of 

 Polar Bear, 395 ; unfortunate expe- 

 rience with Minto Inlet Eskimos, 430- 

 437 ; Eskimos' name for, 441 ; mis- 

 adventures of, on attempted trip to 

 Mercy Bay, 477 ; favorable report from, 

 565 ; arrival of, at Melville Island, and 

 story told by, 598-600 ; reports pro- 

 jected trip of Bernard and Thomsen 

 to Liddon Gulf, 599 ; action of, in 

 taking Polar Bear south in 1916, 626- 

 627 ; destruction of Mary Sachs by, 

 659 ; possible motives of, in destroy- 

 ing Mary Sachs, 659-660 ; attempted 

 explanation of behavior by, 665 ; leaves 

 the expedition, 666. 



Gordon, Thomas, in charge of trading 

 post near Herschel Island, 670. 



Gore Islands, hunting camp on, 448 ; 

 Natkusiak'e experiences at, 462. 



Grant Land, 10. 



Grass in polar regions, 584. 



Grassy, Cape, 490, 491. 



Great Bear Lake, region of, as a hunting 

 country, 245. 



