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 - 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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... continuing our course through the following night , though the wind was weak and variable , but in the evening we got into drift - ice : yet as the shoals were not close together , we worked our way through them , and stood on with the ...
... continuing our course through the following night , though the wind was weak and variable , but in the evening we got into drift - ice : yet as the shoals were not close together , we worked our way through them , and stood on with the ...
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... continue as often as circumstances will admit of it . Jonathan and Jonas gene- rally conduct the daily morning and evening worship . 7th . We were so hard pressed by the ice driving towards us , that we were obliged in part to unload ...
... continue as often as circumstances will admit of it . Jonathan and Jonas gene- rally conduct the daily morning and evening worship . 7th . We were so hard pressed by the ice driving towards us , that we were obliged in part to unload ...
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... continuing during the whole of the night and forenoon of the 21st , we found it necessary by sufficient rest to strengthen ourselves for future watchfulness . An Esquimaux travelling bed consists of a large bag of reindeer - skin , with ...
... continuing during the whole of the night and forenoon of the 21st , we found it necessary by sufficient rest to strengthen ourselves for future watchfulness . An Esquimaux travelling bed consists of a large bag of reindeer - skin , with ...
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... continue throughout the whole of the Ungava country , which , as we afterwards discovered , ex- tends to a considerable distance to the southward . Then follows Tunnuyalik , a point , or perhaps an island , on which lies a huge white ...
... continue throughout the whole of the Ungava country , which , as we afterwards discovered , ex- tends to a considerable distance to the southward . Then follows Tunnuyalik , a point , or perhaps an island , on which lies a huge white ...
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... continue our walk , on account of the musquitoes , which persecuted us unmercifully , and drove us back to our tents . All our men were out , two on that side on which we had landed , and the others having crossed the bay in their ...
... continue our walk , on account of the musquitoes , which persecuted us unmercifully , and drove us back to our tents . All our men were out , two on that side on which we had landed , and the others having crossed the bay in their ...
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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 Oppernavik passed perceived pitched their tents Pitsiolak proceed proceeded promontory quimaux reindeer river Koksoak rocks Saeglek Sangmiyok Saviour seal seal's flesh 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
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Page 63 - For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect towards him.
Page 59 - Wherefore God also hath highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above every name : that at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth ; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father'
Page 59 - For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles ; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of Hosts.
Page 64 - Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
Page 45 - See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me : I kill, and I make alive ; I wound and I heal ; neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
Page 73 - Unity's bay. They considered this a very convenient place for a missionary settlement. A fine slope extends for about half an English mile, bounded on each extremity by a hill, on which they erected high signals. The land is level and dry, well watered by several rivulets issuing from the wood, in which they found various European plants and flowers, and besides grass and trees in abundance, different kinds of shrubs, such as junipers, currants, &c.
Page 37 - Greenlanders came originally from Canada, and settled on the outermost islands of this coast, but never penetrated into the country, before they were driven eastward to Greenland. This report gains some credit, from the state in which the abovementioned ruins are found. They consist in remains of walls and...
Page 29 - ... northern hole they screen from the sun by a bank of snow about four feet in height, raised in a semi-circle round its southern edge, and form another similar bank on the north side of the southern hole, sloped in such a manner as to reflect the rays of the sun into it. The Esquimaux then lies down with his face close to the northern aperture, beneath which the water is strongly illuminated by the sunbeams entering at the southern. In his left hand he holds a red string, with which he plays in...
Page 64 - Their account of this matter is too interesting to be omitted. " 19th.- — In the morning; we met in our tent, where we were safe from the intrusion of the Esquimaux, to confer together upon this most important subject. We weighed all the circumstances connected with it maturely and impartially as in the presence of God, and not being able to come to any decision, where reasons for and against the question seemed to hold such an even balance, we determined to commit our case to Him who hath promised...
Page 36 - Its distance from Nachvak is about twelve miles. This chain of mountains, as will be hereafter mentioned, may be seen from Kangertlualuksoak, in Ungava Bay, which is a collateral proof that the neck of land terminated to the N. by Cape Chudleigh, is of no great width. Both the Nain and Okkak Esquimaux frequently penetrate far enough inland to find the rivers taking a westerly direction, consequently towards the Ungava country. They even now and then have reached the woods skirting the estuaries of...