INDEX 
Humpback whales, 355-356. 
Hunting, locations for, 47; 
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. 
season 
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. 
493 
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 voyages, 11; later 
voyages to, 11-12; fisheries the 
great industry of, 12-14, 282 ff. ; 
French Canadian settlements 
along the Quebee 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 .; 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, 
