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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... whole plan , with all its difficulties and advantages , and found him im- mediately willing to undertake the voyage , and to forward its object by every means in his power . This was no small sacrifice on the part of Jonathan . An ...
... whole plan , with all its difficulties and advantages , and found him im- mediately willing to undertake the voyage , and to forward its object by every means in his power . This was no small sacrifice on the part of Jonathan . An ...
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... whole voyage , forsake that generous princi- ple , by which he was at first influenced , but his cheerful , firm , and faithful conduct proved , under all circumstan- ces , most honourable to the character of a true convert to ...
... whole voyage , forsake that generous princi- ple , by which he was at first influenced , but his cheerful , firm , and faithful conduct proved , under all circumstan- ces , most honourable to the character of a true convert to ...
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... whole coast of Labrador , and for many years has shown himself both able and willing to serve the missionaries in a variety of ways . The boat was his own property , and we considered him as the captain of the expedition . 2. Jonas ...
... whole coast of Labrador , and for many years has shown himself both able and willing to serve the missionaries in a variety of ways . The boat was his own property , and we considered him as the captain of the expedition . 2. Jonas ...
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... whole assembly . Our very hearts rejoiced in this place , which had but lately been a den of murderers , dedicated , as it were , by the angekoks , or sorcerers , to the service of the devil , to hear the cheerful voices of converted ...
... whole assembly . Our very hearts rejoiced in this place , which had but lately been a den of murderers , dedicated , as it were , by the angekoks , or sorcerers , to the service of the devil , to hear the cheerful voices of converted ...
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... whole party ; and on Sundays we read the Litany , and conducted the service in the usual way , which proved to us and our Esquimaux of great comfort and encouragement in all diffi- culties . We were detained here , by the ice , from the ...
... whole party ; and on Sundays we read the Litany , and conducted the service in the usual way , which proved to us and our Esquimaux of great comfort and encouragement in all diffi- culties . We were detained here , by the ice , from the ...
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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