INDEX 



493 



Humpback whales, 355-356. 



Hunting, locations for, 47; season 

 for, 78-79. 



Hunting grounds of Indians, 189- 

 190, 195-197, 199, 202-203, 213- 

 214; custom regarding infringe- 

 ment on one another's, 203-204. 



Huxley, Professor, on the herring 

 industry, 340, 343. 



Icebergs, 78. 



Iceland moss, 422. 



Import duties on Labrador fish, 323- 

 324. 



Indian Harbour, mission hospital at, 

 238, 240, 241 ff. 



Indians, taken as slaves by Corte- 

 Real, 9 ; troubles of French with, 

 21 ; Major Cartwright and the, 

 25; numbers of, 186; diseases 

 among, 188, 229-230; hunting 

 regions of, 189-190, 195-197, 

 199, 202-203, 213-214; migra- 

 tions of, 190-191 ; custom re- 

 garding infringement on one 

 another's grounds, 203-204; 

 polygamy among, 215; life of 

 women, 215-216; language and 

 dialects of, 217-223; religious 

 beliefs and practices, 223-225. 



Infant mortality, 178, 256. 



Inhabitants of the coast, 164-183. 



Insects, 427-446. 



Iron deposit, 48. 



Isle aux CEufs, 17. 



Isle de Bois, 27. 



Italy, best market for Labrador fish, 

 320. 



Jack Lane's Bay, 45. 



Jackson, Dr. Sheldon, 252, 258. 



Jacopie Lake, 155. 



Jaeger gull, the, 383. 



Jay, the Labrador, 388. 



Jem Lane's Bay, 45. 



Jesuits, no missions of, in Labrador, 



20. 



Job Brothers & Company, 180. 

 Jolliet, explorations of, 12; sketch 



of career of, 17-18. 



Julia Sheridan, mission launch, 240, 

 241. 



Kaumajet Mountains, 103-105, 109. 

 Kayaks, 255. 

 Kelts, 331. 



Kenamich River, 142. 

 Kenamow River, 52, 142-143. 

 Kennedy, Admiral Sir W. R., quoted, 



244-245. 

 Kensington, Minn., Runic stone at, 



4n. 



Kiglapait Range, 109-110. 

 Killer whales, 356. 

 Killinek, Moravian Mission station 



at, 227-228. 



Kinglet, the ruby-crowned, 387. 

 Kittiwakes, 383. 

 Knight, John, 11. 



Labrador, early visitors to, 1 ff.; 

 John Cabot the true discoverer 

 of, 5-6; voyages of Cabots to, 

 6-7; the Corte-Reals' voyages, 

 8-10; origin of name, 9-10; 

 early maps of, 10-11; Rut's 

 and Cartier's voya.ges, 11; later 

 voyages to, 11-12; fisheries the 

 great industry of, 12-14, 282 ff.; 

 French Canadian settlements 

 along the Quebec Labrador, 14- 

 22; effect of English conquest 

 of Canada on, 22-28; annexa- 

 tion of, to Newfoundland, 22, 

 24, 28-29; Acadians in, 31; 

 Hudson's Bay Company in, 31- 

 32, 226-227; Moravian mis- 

 sionaries in, 32-36, 226-236; 

 travelled routes to, 36 ff.; 

 physiography of, 49 ff . ; area 

 of peninsula, 50; climate, 69; 

 rainfall, 70; summer tempera- 

 ture, 71-73; seasons in, 74-80; 

 geology and scenery of northeast 

 coast, 81-138; missions of, 226- 

 250; experiment with reindeer 

 in, 251-271; dogs of, 272-281; 

 fisheries of, 282-373; birds of, 

 374-390, 469-479 ; flora of, 391- 

 425; insects and beetles of, 



