INDEX 
Murres, the, 376, 382. 
Muskrat Falls, Hamilton River, 147, 
148. 
Nachvak, Hudson’s Bay Company 
station at, 229. 
Nachvak Bay, 63, 101-102. 
Nachvak dog-teams, 183. 
Nain, Moravian Mission station at, 
34, 231-235; Bishop and Ger- 
man consul at, 164, 231. 
Nain Bay, 12. 
Names, Indian, 218-219. 
Nansen, Fridjof, 362. 
Narwhale, the, 358. 
Nascaupee, Fort, 158-159. 
Nascaupee Indians, 9, 48, 184, 192, 
209; meaning attached to name, 
197-198; home of the, 214. 
New England fishermen, early diffi- 
culties with, 23-24, 30; visits 
of, 165-166. 
Nichicun, Indians at, 200-201. 
Noble and Pinson, firm of, 22, 26, 27. 
Northern Messenger, mission launch, 
242. 
Northmen, voyages of, to Labrador. 
2-4. 
Northwest River, 52, 142; Hudson’s 
Bay station on, 182. 
Ogua’lik, island of, 105-106. 
Okkak, Moravian Mission station at, 
34, 230-231. 
Old, fate of the, among the Indians, 
216. 
Orphans and orphanages, 240, 242, 
243. 
Outardes River, Indian hunters on 
the, 189. 
Packard, A. S., quoted and cited, 81, 
133, 375, 447, 453. 
Palliser, Sir Hugh, 23, 33, 35. 
Parroquet, the, 381-382. 
Paul’s Island, 93. 
Pemmican, making of, 211. 
Petitsikapau Lake, 155, 158-159. 
Petrels, the, 384. 
Phalarope, the northern, 381. 
495 
Physiography of Labrador, 49-69. 
Pied duck, the, 374-375. 
Pike-perch, the, 206. 
Pipit, the American, 379. 
Place-names, Indian, 218. 
Pletipi River, 189. 
Polygamy among Indians, 215. 
Ponchartrain, Fort, 21. 
Population, statistics of, 178. 
Porcupine Rapids, Hamilton River, 
148. 
Princess May, hospital launch, 238, 
239, 241. 
Ptarmigans, rock, Reinhardt’s, and 
willow, 380-381. 
Puffin, the, 381-382. 
Pye, Albert, 442. 
Quebec Labrador, 29. 
Rainfall, extent of, 70-71. 
Ramah, Moravian Mission station at, 
35, 229; cliffs at, 44. 
Ranger Lodge, 26. 
Raven, the northern, 389. 
Razorback, Mount, 61, 101. 
Redpoll], the, 387. 
Reid-Newfoundland Company boats, 
37-38. 
Reindeer, introduction of, 249; value 
of, when domesticated, 251-252; 
suitability of, to subarctic region, 
252; experiments in introducing 
into Alaska, 252-253; uses of, 
as food, for clothing, etc., 253- 
255; propagation of, 255-256; 
cost of importing, 260-267; 
arrival of consignment in Labra- 
dor, 264; success with, to date, 
268-271. 
Reindeer moss, 422. 
Religion of Indians, 223-225. 
Representation, Labrador’s lack of, 
173-174. 
Revillon Fréres, firm of, 142, 182. 
Rigolet, 140, 181; Methodist mission 
headquarters at, 236. 
Rigolet dog-teams, 183. 
Rivers of Labrador, 52. 
Robertson, Charles, 214. 
