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 9
... drift - ice , and it required at- tention to avoid the large shoals , the wind coming round C to the N. W. We cast anchor at NUNGOROME , 9.
... drift - ice , and it required at- tention to avoid the large shoals , the wind coming round C to the N. W. We cast anchor at NUNGOROME , 9.
Page 10
... Drift - ice . Cape Mugford . Waterfalls from the Kaumayok Mountains . Fruitless attempt to get out of the Ikkerasak , or Straits . NUNGOROME is a cove on the south side of the Island Pacharvik . Between this island the main land is a ...
... Drift - ice . Cape Mugford . Waterfalls from the Kaumayok Mountains . Fruitless attempt to get out of the Ikkerasak , or Straits . NUNGOROME is a cove on the south side of the Island Pacharvik . Between this island the main land is a ...
Page 11
... drift - ice a - head , cast anchor , and Brother Kmoch and Jonas landed on Cape Mugford Island . " An Esquimaux , called Niakungetok , accompanied them to the top of an eminence , from whence the outer opening of the Ikkerasak was seen ...
... drift - ice a - head , cast anchor , and Brother Kmoch and Jonas landed on Cape Mugford Island . " An Esquimaux , called Niakungetok , accompanied them to the top of an eminence , from whence the outer opening of the Ikkerasak was seen ...
Page 20
... drift - ice : yet as the shoals were not close together , we worked our way through them , and stood on with the little wind we had at S. E. 3d . At dawn of day , and being still four miles distant from Nachvak , we perceived both in ...
... drift - ice : yet as the shoals were not close together , we worked our way through them , and stood on with the little wind we had at S. E. 3d . At dawn of day , and being still four miles distant from Nachvak , we perceived both in ...
Page 21
... ice , were at last obliged , some to land , and haul the boat with ropes round the points , and others with boat ... drift ice to float into it . The strand is broad , and slopes off gently . It is covered with large tables of slate ...
... ice , were at last obliged , some to land , and haul the boat with ropes round the points , and others with boat ... drift ice to float into it . The strand is broad , and slopes off gently . It is covered with large tables of slate ...
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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