Vol. 46, No. 4

Vol. 46, No. 4


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“I reported that four out of five the eskimaux who were brought from Labrador to England by Capt. Cartwright, have died of the small pox, and one woman [Caubvick] is still alive.” ‘Eighteenth Century Inuit in England’

“In the summer of 1865, only a week after a two new Labrador belugas were brought to the museum, it burnt to the ground. The saltwater in the whale’s tank started boiling as the museum was engulfed in flames.” Emma Gilheany, ‘Boiled Belugas in Manhattan’

“For three years he proved himself not only an excellent missionary, but a keen man of business, besides which he learned the language of the Esquimaux and endeared himself to them by his kindly ways.” Lloyds Weekly, ‘Labrador Love Tragedy’

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