gunwale, making, 19, 38; profile of, 28, 29; plan view of, 29; forms of, 31; ends of, 31, 38; inner, 31; outer, 31, 47 ff., 55, 60, 72, 73, 118, 119, 150, 155, 156, 169; lashing, 31 ff., 44, 45, 48, 60, 108, 109, 120, 149, 155, 156, 159, 169 (see also under lashing); securing bark to, 31, 33; setting up, 37; use as building frame, 37, 38, 40, 41; size of, 38; variations in construction of, 55; Micmac, 60, 61; hogged, 55, 59, 62, 63; Malecite, 72 ff.; St. Francis, 89; Beothuk, 97, 98; Eastern Cree, 101; Têtes de Boule, 108, 112; spreading, 117, 118, 127, 148, 158; Algonkin, 116, 117, 118, 119; Ojibway, 127; Western Cree, 132; fur-trade, 136, 148, 150; narrow-bottom, 155, 156; kayak-form, 159, 160, 164 ff.; sturgeon-nose, 168, 169, 172; umiak, 182, 184 ff., 190; kayak, 192 ff., 202, 204, 205, 206, 208, 211; temporary canoe, 212, 213, 216, 219, 220 gunwale cap, making and fitting, 52, 53; Micmac, 60, 61; Malecite, 73; Eastern Cree, 104; Têtes de Boule, 108, 109; Algonkin, 118, 119; fur-trade, 136, 150; narrow-bottom, 155; sturgeon-nose, 172 handgrip, 197, 199, 200 Hare (Indian tribe), 154 _Harper's Weekly_, 4 _Harper's Young People Magazine_, 4 harpoon (hunting weapon), 194 headboard, 35, 36; support, 35, 61; making and fitting, 52; Micmac, 61; Malecite, 74, 78, 79; St. Francis, 89; Eastern Cree, 101; Têtes de Boule, 109, 110; Algonkin, 113, 119; Ojibway, 123, 125, 127; fur-trade, 150; narrow-bottom, 155, 157; umiak, 182, 184, 186, 189, 190; post used as, 217 Hearne, Samuel (explorer), 155, 164 Heath, John, 174, 175, 194, 199, 223 Hecla Strait, 204 Henry, Jr., Alexander, 13 hickory bark, 15, 213 Hill, Frederick (Director, Mariners' Museum), 4 hogged bottom (center upcurved lengthwise), 30, 161, 162, 164, 165, 168 hogged gunwale, 55, 59, 62, 63 hogging brace, umiak, 188 hot water, use of in bending wood, 20, 117 Howley, James Patrick, 95, 96 Hudson Bay, 5, 181, 182, 189, 191 Hudson Strait, 182, 191, 202, 205 Hudson's Bay Company, 4, 13, 99, 107, 136, 144, 151 hunting canoe, Micmac, 58, 65, 70; kayak-form, 165 hunting screen, kayak, 195 Huron Indians, 132 Huron, Lake, 113 Indian migrations, 5, 27 (see also under tribal names) ice, skin-boats in, 180 Illinois Indians, 132 Irish, 176; curragh, 176, 178 "Iroquois canoe," in fur trade, 136 (see fur-trade canoe) Iroquois Indians, 7, 10, 99, 114 canoe (temporary), 213-219 jack pine roots (for canoe lashings), 16 jacket, watertight, 199, 211 James Bay, 99, 132 Japanese sampan, 191, 192, 205, 211 Jochelson, Waldemar, 182 Joliet, Louis, 8
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