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 RegionKohlmeister, B. G. (Benjamin Gottlieb)
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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
Kohlmeister, B. G. (Benjamin Gottlieb)
Labrador (N.L.) -- Description and travel; Moravians -- Missions
Pass Cape Nennoktok. Visit the Esquimaux families at
Kummaktorvik and Amitok. Description of an Esquimaux
travelling bed. Mountains seen at Ungava. Netsek seal
described. Greenland houses. Danger of being shipwrecked
near Kakkeviak. 33
CHAPTER VII.
Arrival at Oppernavik. Account of Uttakiyok. His
perseverance in waiting for the arrival of the
Missionaries. Islands and bays between Kakkeviak and
Killinek. Danger in the ice at Ammitok. Want of fuel
supplied by robbing old graves. 39
CHAPTER VIII.
Departure from Oppernavik. Pass the Ikkerasak of Killinek.
Whirlpools. The coast takes a southerly direction. Meeting
with Esquimaux from the Ungava country, who had never seen
an European. Anchor at Omanek. High tides. Drift-wood.
Double Cape Uibvaksoak. Distant view of Akpatok. 44
CHAPTER IX.
Chain of black mountains. The Dragon's dwelling. Changes
occasioned by rise and fall of the tides, and dangers
attending them. Uttakiyok's superstitious customs.
Singular effect of the tide in the bay of Ittimnekoktok.
Arrive at Kangertlualuksoak bay and river. Its situation.
Transactions there. 50
CHAPTER X.
Further transactions in Kangertlualuksoak Bay. The
Esquimaux women frightened by reports of Indians. Ceremony
of taking possession of this new-explored country, as
belonging to the King of England, and of naming the river
George river. Leave the bay and proceed to Arvarvik.
Whales caught by the Esquimaux in the shallows. Storm at
Kernertut. 56
CHAPTER XI.
Doubts expressed by Jonathan and the other Esquimaux on
the expediency of continuing the voyage. Consultations.
Resolve to proceed. Thunder-storm at Pitsiolak. Account of
Indians. Esquimaux cookery and hunting feasts. Arrival in
the river Koksoak. 62
CHAPTER XII.
Sail up the river Koksoak. Transactions in that region.
Dangerous eddy. Meet Esquimaux. Address to them. Their joy
and eagerness to have Missionaries, resident among them.
Find a suitable situation for a settlement. Description of
the country. 70
CHAPTER XIII.
Return to Okkak. 77
INTRODUCTION.
For these many years past, a considerable number of Esquimaux have been
in the annual practice of visiting the three missionary establishments
of the United Brethren on the coast of Labrador, OKKAK, NAIN, and
HOPEDALE, chiefly with a view to barter, or to see those of their
friends and acquaintance, who had become obedient to the gospel, and
lived together in Christian fellowship, enjoying the instruction of the
Missionaries.
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