Dogs: price of, 4 frozen toes, 8 sled, 20, 25, 45 beds, 42 food, 44, 407 harness, 45 tails, 45 fight, 93 digging up snow, 110 helpless on smooth ice, 113 conscience, 115 on fish food, 115 with reindeer, 119, 120 refuse to lead, 125 preference for land trails, 129 intelligence, 139, 156; _cf._ Nanook strength, 174 dislike wet feet, 178 cost of boarding, 181 in trail making, 200 in soft weather, 213 suffering on steep trails, 214 companionship, 223 moccasin leggings, 224 houses, 232, 237 play, 234 intelligence, 234, 237 sleeping, 235 thieving, 236 partners of man, 238 working life, 239 frozen foot, 253 with no coat, 275 and Indians, 291 howling, 303, 304 stray, 320, 321 general characteristics, 392-402 cost of maintenance, 396 ill used by whites, 397 Eagle, 285 Eagle Summit, 10, 11 Education: spread of English, 23, 24 phonograph, 52 scientific, 58 novel methods, 80 ignorance of native language, 81 artificial methods, 131 mission, 132, 355 Egbert Fort, 286 Endicott Mountains, 62 Esquimaux: sense of humour, 51, 87 isolated, 62 huts, 70 as hunters, 75 prayers, 82 music, 82 morality, 83 industry, 86 Sabbatarianism, 88 sense of distance, 91 fish eating, 92 gut windows, 94 devoutness, 95 sleeping customs, 95 undemonstrativeness, 95 igloos, 96 non-alcoholic, 99 tobacco, 99 hospitality, 106 carving, 124 singing, 130 attitude of white men toward, 134 snow goggles, 146 kindly manners, 182 antipathy to Indians, 185, 265 superstitions, 191, 269 Fairbanks, 156, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 382 Farthing, Miss, 244, 246, 247, 248 Fish Creek, 297 Forts: Alaskan, 342 Fortymilers, 280 Fortymile River, 281, 282 Gambling, 279 Game, 257, 277, 325, 368, 369, 406 Gold train, 5 Greek Church, 310, 322 Grenfell, Dr., 402 Grimm, Charles, 56 Half-breeds, 315, 316, 318, 319 Hamlin, Fort, 342 Hammond River, 47 Hans, 102, 103, 105 Hip-ring, 226 Hobo, the frozen, 134, 135 Hogatzitna, 76 Horses, 409, 410, 411 Hospitality, _cf._ Esquimaux and Indians, 49 Hot Springs, 227, 228 Hotham Inlet, 96 Hudson Bay Company, 21, 22 Husky, 392 Ice: glare, 9 rubber, 9, 179, 180 blow-holes, 13 bluffs, 79 mining, 126, 160, 161 jam, 167 breaking, 170 way to determine holding capacity, 179 Iditarod City, 294, 295, 296, 297, 327 Igloo, 96, 106
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