Narrative of a journey to the shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819, 20, 21, and 22 . OF THE POI-AR SEA. 263 Akaitcho for the purpose of sending two of his hunters to join thisparty on its route. On coniparino; the lan;uage of our two Kscjuimaux with a copy ofSt. Joluis (iospel, printed for the use of the Moravian MissionarySettlements on the Labrador coast, it appeared that the Esquimauxwho resort to (hiu-cliUl speak a lanfi;uage essentially the same withthose who frequent the Labrador coast. The lied Knives, too, re-cognise the expression Tcyma, usetl by the Esquimaux when theyaccost st
Narrative of a journey to the shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819, 20, 21, and 22 . OF THE POI-AR SEA. 263 Akaitcho for the purpose of sending two of his hunters to join thisparty on its route. On coniparino; the lan;uage of our two Kscjuimaux with a copy ofSt. Joluis (iospel, printed for the use of the Moravian MissionarySettlements on the Labrador coast, it appeared that the Esquimauxwho resort to (hiu-cliUl speak a lanfi;uage essentially the same withthose who frequent the Labrador coast. The lied Knives, too, re-cognise the expression Tcyma, usetl by the Esquimaux when theyaccost strangers in a friendly manner, as similarly ])ronounced byAugustus, and those of liis race who frequent the mouth of theCopper-Mine River. The tribe to which .Vugustus belongs resides generally a little tothe northward of Churchill. In the spring, before the ice quits theshores, tliey kill seal, but during winter they frequent the borders ofthe large lakes near the coast, where they obtain fish, rein-deer, andmusk-oxen. There are eighty-four grown men in the tribe, only seven of
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