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 10
... Ikkerasak , or Straits . NUNGOROME is a cove on the south side of the Island Pacharvik . Between this island the main land is a narrow strait , so shallow that no whales can pass . The Esquimaux stretch their nets across , to catch ...
... Ikkerasak , or Straits . NUNGOROME is a cove on the south side of the Island Pacharvik . Between this island the main land is a narrow strait , so shallow that no whales can pass . The Esquimaux stretch their nets across , to catch ...
Page 11
... Ikkerasak ( the Esquimaux name for a strait ) be- tween Cape Mugford Island , in 58 ° N. latitude , and the mountains of Kaumayok . Their being in company retarded our progress , but in the sequel proved no disadvantage . About nine ...
... Ikkerasak ( the Esquimaux name for a strait ) be- tween Cape Mugford Island , in 58 ° N. latitude , and the mountains of Kaumayok . Their being in company retarded our progress , but in the sequel proved no disadvantage . About nine ...
Page 14
... Ikkerasak . Account of the Kaumayok Mountains , and of Kangertluksoak . Public Worship on Sunday . Saeglek and its Inhabitants described . The Missionaries visit the Esquimaux at Kikkertarsoak . JUNE 29th . WE rose soon after two o ...
... Ikkerasak . Account of the Kaumayok Mountains , and of Kangertluksoak . Public Worship on Sunday . Saeglek and its Inhabitants described . The Missionaries visit the Esquimaux at Kikkertarsoak . JUNE 29th . WE rose soon after two o ...
Page 15
... Ikkerasak , and the first of the Kangertluksoak islands . Behind Tuppertalik , a bay opens called Nappartok ( a wood ) , a winter - habitation , with a little wood higher up the country , about eight or ten hours drive from Okkak . A ...
... Ikkerasak , and the first of the Kangertluksoak islands . Behind Tuppertalik , a bay opens called Nappartok ( a wood ) , a winter - habitation , with a little wood higher up the country , about eight or ten hours drive from Okkak . A ...
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... Ikkerasak . The prejudice of the Europeans against seal's flesh , consists mostly in imagination . The dirty kettle in which the Es- quimaux boil it , is indeed not calculated to excite an appe- tite , but the meat , when eaten fresh ...
... Ikkerasak . The prejudice of the Europeans against seal's flesh , consists mostly in imagination . The dirty kettle in which the Es- quimaux boil it , is indeed not calculated to excite an appe- tite , but the meat , when eaten fresh ...
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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