Mackenzie, Alexander, joins North-West Company, 73; journey to the Arctic ocean by the Mackenzie river, 75-88. Marble Island, a grim tale of shipwreck at, 38. Markham, Captain, and the North Pole, 139. Matonabbee, an Indian chief, succours Hearne, 49; character of, 51; assists Hearne to reach Coppermine river, 53-4, 56; his opinion of women, 53. Meta Incognita, 14, 16; formal landing of Frobisher on, 17; a fort erected on, 21. Michel, an Indian with Franklin, feeds on his companions and murders Lieut. Hood, 102-3. Muscovy Company, the, and passage to the East by the White Sea, 6; oppose Frobisher, 10. Nansen, Dr, attempts to reach the Pole by drifting, 140-3. North-West Company founded, 72. North-West Passage, as a road to Asia, 5-8; advantages of, 9; Sir Humphrey Gilbert on, 8-10; voyages in search of, 11-21, 23-32; the passage nearly completed, 110-11, 114-115; the passage made, 126, 145. Norton, Moses, governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, and expeditions to Coppermine river, 39, 42, 50, 51. Orkneys, the, savage state of the inhabitants of, 15. Parry, Sir William, and the North-West Passage, 109, 113. Peace river, course of, 71, 76. Peary, Commander R. E., attempts to reach the North Pole, 140; succeeds, 145-6. Penny, Captain, finds traces of the Franklin expedition, 122. Polar seas, a fruitful field for scientific investigation, 137; Nansen's study of a scientific theory, 140-1. Pole, North, progress in scientific knowledge creates desire to reach, 137-8. Rae, Dr John, and the search for the Franklin expedition, 121, 127-9. Richardson, Sir John, with Franklin, 95, 97, 100, 101, 102, 109-10; shoots murderer of Lieutenant Hood, 103; finds Franklin in a parlous state, 103-7; in search for the Franklin expedition, 120-1. Ross, Sir James, and the North-West Passage, 111; in search for the Franklin expedition, 121. Ross, Sir John, 111, 118, 121. Simpson, Thomas, and the North-West Passage, 111. Whale Island, why so named, 86. Wholdaia Lake, description of, 54-5. York Factory, Franklin at, 95. Printed by T. and A. Constable, Printers to His Majesty at the Edinburgh University Press THE CHRONICLES OF CANADA THIRTY-TWO VOLUMES ILLUSTRATED Edited by GEORGE M. WRONG and H. H. LANGTON THE CHRONICLES OF CANADA PART I THE FIRST EUROPEAN VISITORS 1. THE DAWN OF CANADIAN HISTORY By Stephen Leacock. 2. THE MARINER OF ST MALO By Stephen Leacock. PART II THE RISE OF NEW FRANCE 3. THE FOUNDER OF NEW FRANCE By Charles W. Colby. 4. THE JESUIT MISSIONS By Thomas Guthrie Marquis. 5. THE SEIGNEURS OF OLD CANADA By William Bennett Munro. 6. THE GREAT INTENDANT By Thomas Chapais. 7. THE FIGHTING GOVERNOR By Charles W. Colby. PART III THE ENGLISH INVASION 8. THE GREAT FORTRESS By William Wood. 9. THE ACADIAN EXILES By Arthur G. Doughty. 10. THE PASSING OF NEW FRANCE By William Wood. 11. THE WINNING OF CANADA By William Wood. PART IV