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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
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Title: 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
Author: Benjamin Kohlmeister and George Kmoch
Release Date: March 22, 2005 [eBook #15436]
Language: English
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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.
BY
BENJAMIN KOHLMEISTER, AND GEORGE KMOCH,
MISSIONARIES OF THE CHURCH OF THE
UNITAS FRATRUM or UNITED BRETHREN
London:
Printed by W. M’Dowall, Pemberton Row, Gough Square, Fleet Street,
FOR THE BRETHREN’S SOCIETY FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE GOSPEL AMONG THE HEATHEN.
AND SOLD BY J. LE FEBVRE, 2, CHAPEL-PLACE, NEVILS-COURT, FETTER-LANE;
L. B. SEELEY, 169, FLEET-STREET; HAZARD AND BINNS, BATH;
AND T. BULGIN, AND T. LAMBE, BRISTOL.
1814.
JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE,
&c. &c.
CONTENTS
| INTRODUCTION | 3 | |
| CHAPTER I. | 6 | |
| Outfit. Opinions of the Esquimaux respecting the Voyage. Description of the Company. Departure from Okkak. Arrival at Nungorome. | ||
| CHAPTER II. | 10 | |
| Departure from Nungorome Cove. Account of Solomon. Drift-ice. Cape Mugford. Waterfalls from the Kaumayok Mountains. Fruitless attempt to get out of the Ikkerasak, or Straits. | ||
| CHAPTER III. | 14 | |
| Quit the Ikkerasak. Account of the Kaumayok Mountains, and of Kangertluksoak. Public Worship on Sunday. Saeglek and its Inhabitants described. The Missionaries visit the Esquimaux at Kikkertarsoak. | ||
| CHAPTER IV. | 20 | |
| Departure from Saeglek. Fruitless attempt to reach Nachvak. Retreat into Nullatartok Inlet. Slate Bay. Detention on account of the Ice. Arrive at Nachvak. | ||
| CHAPTER V. | 27 | |
| Reception at Nachvak. Description of the bay. The Esquimaux manner of spearing salmon and trout. Christian deportment of the Okkak and Hopedale Esquimaux. Jonas’s address to the Heathen. Love of music general among these Indians. Departure from Nachvak. Danger in doubling the North Cape. Arrival at Sangmiyok bay. | ||
| CHAPTER VI. | 33 | |
| 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. | ||
| CHAPTER VII. | 39 | |
| 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. | ||
| CHAPTER VIII. | 44 | |
| 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. | ||
| CHAPTER IX. | 50 | |
| 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. | ||
| CHAPTER X. | 56 | |
| Further transactions in Kangertlualuksoak Bay. The Esquimaux women frightened by | ||