Cumberland House, Franklin at, 95. Davis, John, his voyages in search of the North-West Passage, 23-31. Dubawnt Lake, description of, 46. Elizabeth, Queen, voyages under, 7; honours Frobisher, 11. English Chief, an Indian with Mackenzie, 75, 84. 'Erebus' and 'Terror' in Franklin's ill-fated expedition, 112, 116; last seen, 117; last news of and fate, 131, 132-4. Eskimos, conflicts with explorers, 13-14, 16; trade with, 25, 28; Davis on, 28-30; relations with the Indians, 56-7; attacked and massacred, 58-61, 62; and fate of the Franklin expedition, 127-8. Fitzjames, Captain James, with the Franklin expedition, 116, 133. Fort Chipewyan erected, 74, 78; Franklin at, 95. Fort Churchill, trade at, 38. Fort Enterprise, Franklin winters in, 96; a tragic episode, 103-7. Fort Prince of Wales, expeditions from, 40, 42, 51, 68. Fort Providence, Franklin at, 95. Fox, Luke, and the North-West Passage, 32; and Hudson Bay, 34. 'Fram,' the, and Nansen's theory, 141-3. Franklin, Sir John, early training, 91; first Arctic voyage, 93-4; second, 94; inland journeys, 64, 95-6; a winter at Fort Enterprise, 97-8; traces Arctic coast in canoe, 98; tragic journey back by land to Fort Enterprise, 99-104; terrible experiences, 104-7; third expedition, 109-110; last and fatal expedition, 89, 113-17; fate of, 127-9. Franklin, Lady, her devotion, 90; sends in search of Franklin expedition, 121, 124, 131. Franklin expedition, the, apprehension in Britain concerning, 118-19; search for, 121-6; news of, 122-3, 127-8, 129-30; tragic records of, 131-5. Frobisher, Sir Martin, voyages in search of the North-West Passage, 10-14, 15-23. Fur trade, effect of on Arctic exploration, 35. Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, and the North-West Passage, 8-10. Gold, search for in Arctic regions, 14, 17, 18, 20. Great Bear river, Mackenzie on, 80, 87. Great Slave Lake, description of, 66, 77. Greeley, Lieut., his attempt to reach the North Pole, 139. Greenland, or Frisland, 7, 11; Land of Desolation, 23, Hearne, Samuel, joins the Hudson's Bay Company, 39; expeditions to Coppermine river, 40-1, 42-51, 51-63, 65-8; and Admiral La Perouse, 68. Hepburn, a sailor with Franklin, 95, 101, 102, 103. Hood, Lieut., with Franklin, 95, 100, 101; his tragic death, 102. Hudson, Henry, and the North-West Passage, 31-2. Hudson Bay explored, 34; convenience of for fur trade, 35; conflicts between French and English in, 36. Hudson's Bay Company founded, 35; objects of, 36; search for copper, 37-8; development, 72. Indians, their treachery, 41, 45; troubles with, 47, 48; designs against Eskimos, 56-7, 58-61; shyness of, 79; terror of the Far North, 80. Indian women, an Indian's estimate of, 53. Kelsey, Henry, inland journey of, 37. Leroux, descends Great Slave river, 75; with Mackenzie, 78, 88. M'Clintock, Captain, finds last records of the Franklin expedition, 131-5. M'Clure, Captain, first to make the North-West Passage, 124, 125-6.