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 15
... island , called Eingosiarsuk , ( the Little Cup ) , opposite the Ittiplek , ( a flat piece of ground joining two headlands ) over which the northern Esquimaux pass in sledges to Okkak , round Kaumayok . Farther towards the N. W. lies ...
... island , called Eingosiarsuk , ( the Little Cup ) , opposite the Ittiplek , ( a flat piece of ground joining two headlands ) over which the northern Esquimaux pass in sledges to Okkak , round Kaumayok . Farther towards the N. W. lies ...
Page 17
... islands . The wind becoming more violent , the rope , by which we kept the skin - boat in tow , suddenly snapt , and ... flat island , between two of larger size , but the strand is bad , and full of sharp shingles . There are about five ...
... islands . The wind becoming more violent , the rope , by which we kept the skin - boat in tow , suddenly snapt , and ... flat island , between two of larger size , but the strand is bad , and full of sharp shingles . There are about five ...
Page 37
... island more minutely . The morning was . beautiful , and the sun rose with ... flat , but in ge- neral destitute of grass . On the other side are some ... island , and seek shelter among some small islands , steering for Niakungu point ...
... island more minutely . The morning was . beautiful , and the sun rose with ... flat , but in ge- neral destitute of grass . On the other side are some ... island , and seek shelter among some small islands , steering for Niakungu point ...
Page 51
... island , on which lies a huge white stone , twenty or thirty feet high , by which it is distinguished from other similar headlands . A chain of low , flat islands , runs out into the sea to a considerable dis- tance , and appearing at a ...
... island , on which lies a huge white stone , twenty or thirty feet high , by which it is distinguished from other similar headlands . A chain of low , flat islands , runs out into the sea to a considerable dis- tance , and appearing at a ...
Page 67
... island Pitsiolak , which forms two at high water , is low and flat , overgrown with Empetrum and Rubus Chamomorus , ( Akpik - berries ) . Quantities of driftwood float about the shores . The jasper occurred here again . This island may ...
... island Pitsiolak , which forms two at high water , is low and flat , overgrown with Empetrum and Rubus Chamomorus , ( Akpik - berries ) . Quantities of driftwood float about the shores . The jasper occurred here again . This island may ...
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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