GENERAL INDEX. 



Icebergs, Enormous size of some 



Antarctic Bergs, ii, 350. 



,, Great, generally composed 



of fresh water ice, ii, 



346. 

 ,, Formed upon land, and 



not on the Sea, ii, 347. 

 ,, At Sea, Precautions to 



be adopted by ships, 



ii, 351- 

 Polar Bears carried out to 



sea upon, ii, 1 1 8. 

 Ice-Cliffs, Near Behrings Straits, 



ii, 348. 

 Ice-Crystals, Fall of, during the 



Arctic winter, ii, 356. 

 Iceland Moss, ii, 277. 

 Imatra, The torrent of, in Finland, 



ii, 481. 



India (British East), Ancient in- 

 vasions of, ii, 527-9. 

 The N.W., frontier of, ii, 



530- ' 

 Intense heats on plains of, 



i, 73- 



,, Men of sporting tastes gener- 

 ally stand Climate best, 

 i, 261. 

 Harvest and grain crops of, 



i, 251-2 

 Growing crops and wild 



animals, iii, 137. 

 The cool season in, i, 249. 

 The hot season in, i, 73. 

 Indian Hot Season, British Troops 

 marching during the Mutiny 

 in, i, 260. 



Famines, i, 89 ; ii, 406. 

 Jungle shooting by night, 



iii, 137, 290-91. 

 Machans, Shooting from, 



iii, 290-93. 

 Shikaris and Native Trackers, 



iii, 252. 

 Natives killed by wild beasts, 



iii, 141. 

 Indians (American Red), Forest 



Tribes, iii, 97-8. 

 Prairie Tribes of North 

 America, ii, 77. 



Indians (American Red), Charac- 

 ter of, ii, 78, 99, 104-5. 



Border Wars, ii, 81, 87. 



,, Attacks on Emigrant 

 Trains by, ii, 88. 



,, Watching an Emigrant 

 Train, ii, 87-8. 



Rarely attack well-prepar- 

 ed white parties, ii, 90. 



Rarely attack by Night, 

 ii, 90. 



Massacre of a U.S. mili- 

 tary detachment by, ii, 



94-5- 

 Cruelties to Captives, ii, 



97- 



Unfailing sense of direc- 

 tion in, ii, 101. 

 As Warriors, ii, 102-3. 

 Honour and Honesty 



among, ii, 104-5. 

 As " Voyageurs, " ii, 165 ; 



iii, 472-3. 



Ancient forest tribes of At- 

 lantic Seaboard, ii, 202. 

 ,, Ancient forest tribes and 



Europeans, ii, 2O2. 

 Success of the British 



policy in dealing with, 



ii, 211. 

 ,, Turning in toes while 



walking, ii, 213. 

 ,, Ambushes, ii, 214-5. 

 ,, Archers and Arrows, ii, 



216 ; iii, 219. 

 Never voluntarily abandon 



their wild existence, 



ii, 218. 

 But many whites became 



Indians, ii, 218. 

 Adoption of white captives 



by, ii, 218-19. 

 Instances of attachment 



of white people to 



Indian life, ii, 220-1. 

 Kindness of, to adopted 



whites, ii, 221. 

 Instances of devotion by 



Squaws to white lovers, 



ii, 223-5. 



