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 13
... obliged to return to our former anchorage in the strait . 28th . The wind being North we could not proceed . We therefore ascended the mountain of Cape Mugford . It is a barren rock , though here and there a solitary plant or a tuft of ...
... obliged to return to our former anchorage in the strait . 28th . The wind being North we could not proceed . We therefore ascended the mountain of Cape Mugford . It is a barren rock , though here and there a solitary plant or a tuft of ...
Page 21
... obliged , some to land , and haul the boat with ropes round the points , and others with boat- hooks and spars , to keep her off the rocks . Two or three times she stuck fast on sunken rocks , but by God's mercy always got off again ...
... obliged , some to land , and haul the boat with ropes round the points , and others with boat- hooks and spars , to keep her off the rocks . Two or three times she stuck fast on sunken rocks , but by God's mercy always got off again ...
Page 23
... obliged in part to unload the boat , to be able to bring it into a safer situation in shallow water ; and took our turns , three relieving three , to watch and guard off the larger shoals with boat - hooks , by day and night . We were ...
... obliged in part to unload the boat , to be able to bring it into a safer situation in shallow water ; and took our turns , three relieving three , to watch and guard off the larger shoals with boat - hooks , by day and night . We were ...
Page 25
... obliged patiently to wait till the storm abated . In the midst of our delibera- tions , accompanied with expressions of our disappointment , Thukkekina gravely observed , that we might very likely get away this summer , and need not be ...
... obliged patiently to wait till the storm abated . In the midst of our delibera- tions , accompanied with expressions of our disappointment , Thukkekina gravely observed , that we might very likely get away this summer , and need not be ...
Page 26
... obliged to run into a small cove , where we repaired the mast with all speed , and proceeded with a gentle wind towards Nachvak , A calm ensued , and as there is no anchorage between Nullatartok and Nachvak , we rowed all night , and ...
... obliged to run into a small cove , where we repaired the mast with all speed , and proceeded with a gentle wind towards Nachvak , A calm ensued , and as there is no anchorage between Nullatartok and Nachvak , we rowed all night , and ...
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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