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 5
... soon as the state of the ice would permit of it . Brother Kohlmeister proposed , in this view , the Esquimaux Jonathan , of Hope- dale , and the brig employed to convey the annual supply of necessaries to the three settlements , was ...
... soon as the state of the ice would permit of it . Brother Kohlmeister proposed , in this view , the Esquimaux Jonathan , of Hope- dale , and the brig employed to convey the annual supply of necessaries to the three settlements , was ...
Page 6
... bay was quite cleared of it ; but on the 18th , it returned , and seemed to preclude all possibility of setting out so soon as we in- tended . On the 19th , however , it left us entirely . 20th . We were employed in hauling the boat to 6.
... bay was quite cleared of it ; but on the 18th , it returned , and seemed to preclude all possibility of setting out so soon as we in- tended . On the 19th , however , it left us entirely . 20th . We were employed in hauling the boat to 6.
Page 13
... soon died away , we took to our oars , and reached the north point of Kaumayok , at the northern extremity of the strait . By an observation taken by Brother Kohlmeister , this point is situated in 57 ° 59 ′ N. latitude . Though calm ...
... soon died away , we took to our oars , and reached the north point of Kaumayok , at the northern extremity of the strait . By an observation taken by Brother Kohlmeister , this point is situated in 57 ° 59 ′ N. latitude . Though calm ...
Page 14
... soon after two o'clock , and rowed out of the Ikkerasak , with a fair wind . The sea was perfectly calm and smooth . Brother Kmoch rowed in the small boat along the foot of the mountains of Kaumayok , sometimes going on shore , while ...
... soon after two o'clock , and rowed out of the Ikkerasak , with a fair wind . The sea was perfectly calm and smooth . Brother Kmoch rowed in the small boat along the foot of the mountains of Kaumayok , sometimes going on shore , while ...
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... soon filling it . Jonathan frequently cried out with a plaintive voice : " Alas , alas , we shall soon be without a " boat ! " We now hastened to the opposite shore to find some cove or inlet , but getting more and more entangled 20 ...
... soon filling it . Jonathan frequently cried out with a plaintive voice : " Alas , alas , we shall soon be without a " boat ! " We now hastened to the opposite shore to find some cove or inlet , but getting more and more entangled 20 ...
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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