EXPLORATIONS IN THE FAR NORTH. 



PAGE 



creation myth, .... 205 

 how sea water became unfit to 



drink, 217 



how written, 201 



length of, 201 



moose and hare, .... 216 

 moose and jackfish, . . 217 

 okaskewaysesuk, . . . 211 

 origin of animal fat, . . 209 

 of change in ermine's 

 fur, 211 



of touchwood, . . 212 

 owl and cascade, . . . 217 

 story of the deluge, . . 206 

 Teena's story, .... 220 



thunderbolt, 210 



Waimesesoo, . . . 203, 204 



tricks of, ... . 204 



why trees are twisted, . 208 



Wisagatchak,. . . 201, 206 



as a doctor, . . . 207 



bear and, 209 



beaver and, . . . 213 

 becomes blind, . . 215 

 beginning of wander- 

 ings, 202 



end of, 216 



his brother, . 203, 206 



his wife, .... 204 



nighthawk and, . 210 



Nahanni mountains, . . . 132 



river, 132 



Napasis, 4, 5 



Narrows, 33, 43 



Necrophorus pustulatus, . . 278 



Needle cases, 197 



"Nesoo mo-ni-as-uk," ... 9 



Net floats, 195 



sinkers, 195 



Netting needles, 195 



New Year's day, . . . . 23, 100 



Nine Lakes, 75, 77 



Nomonyx dominicus, . . . 258 



Norman, 133 



Nucifraga Columbiana, . . . 265 

 Nutting, Prof. C. C, 4, 46, 124, 

 237, 253 



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Odemia perspicillata, . . . 258 



Ogilvie, William, 231 



"Old John," .... 93, 94, 97 



Old Peter, 47, 48 



Omiaks, 197 



Ooskanatchet, . . .35, 36, 37, 38 



medicine drum of, ... 36 



peace-pipe of, 36 



Otocoris alpestris leucoloema, 264 

 Outfit, supplies in, .... 49 

 Ovibos moschatus, .... 232 



method of capture, . . . 235 



range of, 235 



Ovis montana, 236 



montana dalli, .... 236 



Pack saddle, 182 



Paddles, 184 



Pandion haliasetus carolinensis, 



262 

 Parry, Capt. W. E., . . 244. 248 

 Parus atricapillus, .... 269 

 Parus atricapillus septentrionalis, 

 270 



hudsonicus, 270 



Pauguk, 36 



Pauline harbor, . . . 148, 151 



settlements at, ... . 149 

 Pedioca^tes phasianellus, . . 261 

 Peel river, .... 136, 137, 138 

 Pelecanus erythrorhynchus, . 256 

 Perisoreus canadensis, . . 205, 264 

 Peromyscusleucopusarticus — ? 250 

 Petitot, Emile, 32, 144, 167, 201, 202 

 Phalaropus lobatus, .... 258 

 Phillips Bay, settlement on, . 145 

 Picoides americanus alascensis, 263 



arcticus, 263 



Pike, Warburton, . 26, 63, 124, 235 



Pincher Creek, 47 



Pinicola enucleator, .... 266 



Pipes, 180, 184, 190 



Piranga ludoviciana, . . . 268 



Pissodes aifinis, 280 



Plains, present condition of, 48, 49 

 Platynus obsoletus, .... 277 



picipennis, 27y 



sinuatus, 27 



