Labrador: its discovery, exploration, and development . an to make plans for a permanent this could be done, however, it M^as necessarythat a more extended reconnoitring expedition shouldbe made. A vessel called the Jersey Packet was pur-chased, and a most fortunate choice of a captain madein the person of Francis Mugford. The history of theMoravian ships and their captains is one of the most re-markable in the records of navigation. For 137 yearsthey have made an annual trip to this stormy, ice-beset,and still uncharted coast, but have not yet lost a vessel. Jens Haven, Chri
Labrador: its discovery, exploration, and development . an to make plans for a permanent this could be done, however, it M^as necessarythat a more extended reconnoitring expedition shouldbe made. A vessel called the Jersey Packet was pur-chased, and a most fortunate choice of a captain madein the person of Francis Mugford. The history of theMoravian ships and their captains is one of the most re-markable in the records of navigation. For 137 yearsthey have made an annual trip to this stormy, ice-beset,and still uncharted coast, but have not yet lost a vessel. Jens Haven, Christian Drachardt, and StephenJensen were placed in charge of this expedition. Thevessel sailed on May 17th, 1770, and on June 24tharrived off Amitok Island near Nain. This was thenominal anniversary of Cabots discovery, but owingto the change in the calendar was in reality twelvedays earlier. This is an important argument in thediscussion of Cabots land-fall. Proceeding northward they soon fell in with theEskimos, among whom they found an old acquaint-. THE MORAVIAN BRETHREN 267 ance, Segulliak. Mikak and her husband Tuglavinawere also in the neighbourhood, and shortly madetheir appearance. Mikak was arrayed in the gorgeousdress which had been presented to her in England,and had not forgotten the little English she hadlearned. By virtue of her larger experiences, orperhaps of her dress, Mikak had gained considerableauthority over her tribe as well as her husband, andfreely exercised it on behalf of the Missionaries.^ She had told her people that the Brethren intendedto live among them, and when they confirmed herreport, the Eskimos gave vent to extraordinary ex-pressions of joy. Having selected the locality now known as Nainfor their first settlement, they felt it but right thatthey should obtain the consent of the Eskimos totheir appropriation of it. The matter was explainedwith some difficulty, and a gift made to each document was then drawn up recording the trans-act
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