Journal of a Voyage from Okkak: On the Coast of Labrador to Ungava Bay, Westward of Cape Chudleigh; Undertaken to Explore the Coast, and Visit the Esquimaux in that Unknown Region[United] Brethren's Society for the Furtherance of the Gospel Among the Heathen, 1814 - Labrador (N.L.) - 83 pages Xerox copy. Account of an exploration of the northern extremity of Labrador with Ungava Bay by missionaries of the Unitas Fratrum, or United Brethren, in 1811. |
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Page 8
... Esqui- maux in the Ungava bay ; and it was boldly asserted , that if we even got there alive , we should never return . An old conjuror , ( Angekok ) , Atsugarsuk , had been particularly active in spreading these reports . We cannot ...
... Esqui- maux in the Ungava bay ; and it was boldly asserted , that if we even got there alive , we should never return . An old conjuror , ( Angekok ) , Atsugarsuk , had been particularly active in spreading these reports . We cannot ...
Page 12
... Esqui- maux , who by signs directed our course towards a conve- nient harbour , near their dwellings , which we reached in safety . The Esquimaux pitched their tents on shore , but we slept on board . The situation of this place is ...
... Esqui- maux , who by signs directed our course towards a conve- nient harbour , near their dwellings , which we reached in safety . The Esquimaux pitched their tents on shore , but we slept on board . The situation of this place is ...
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... Esqui- maux , ( White mountains . ) CHAPTER III . Quit the Ikkerasak . Account of the Kaumayok Mountains , and of Kangertluksoak . Public Worship on Sunday . Saeglek and its Inhabitants described . The Missionaries visit the Esquimaux ...
... Esqui- maux , ( White mountains . ) CHAPTER III . Quit the Ikkerasak . Account of the Kaumayok Mountains , and of Kangertluksoak . Public Worship on Sunday . Saeglek and its Inhabitants described . The Missionaries visit the Esquimaux ...
Page 27
... Esqui- maux manner of spearing salmon and trout . Christian de- portment of the Okkak and Hopedale Esquimaux . Jonas's address to the Heathen . Love of music general among these Indians . Departure from Nachvak . Danger in doubling the ...
... Esqui- maux manner of spearing salmon and trout . Christian de- portment of the Okkak and Hopedale Esquimaux . Jonas's address to the Heathen . Love of music general among these Indians . Departure from Nachvak . Danger in doubling the ...
Page 30
... . " Another , named Tullugaksoak , made the same declaration , and added : " That he would no longer live among the heathen . " Though the very fickle disposition of the heathen Esqui- maux , might cause some doubts to arise in our 30.
... . " Another , named Tullugaksoak , made the same declaration , and added : " That he would no longer live among the heathen . " Though the very fickle disposition of the heathen Esqui- maux , might cause some doubts to arise in our 30.
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Akpatok Amitok appeared arrival Brother Kmoch Brother Kohlmeister called calm Cape Chudleigh Cape Mugford cast anchor Chud coast countrymen cove dangerous distance drift-ice ebb-tide Eivektok English miles entrance Esqui European farther favour fired flat island George river gospel Greenland harbour headland heathen height hills Hopedale Ikkerasak inhabitants inlet Jesus Jonathan and Jonas Kakkeviak Kangertlualuksoak Kangertluksoak Kaumayok kayaks kekina Kikkertarsoak Killinek Labrador land maux Missionaries morning mountains musquitoes Nachvak Nennoktok northern Esquimaux obliged occasion Okkiksuk Omanek Oppernavik passed perceived pitched their tents Pitsiolak proceed proceeded promontory quimaux reindeer river Koksoak rocks Saeglek Sangmiyok Saviour seal seemed set sail settlement shelter side situation skin-boat small boat small islands soon South river spent the night steered stone strait tents on shore Thukkekina tide turned Ungava bay Ungava country Uttakiyok violence visited the Esquimaux voyage weather whitefish whole wind winter wood