None of the party could speak the Esquimaux language intelligibly, but by signs the natives were made to understand that their ship, or ships, had been crushed by ice, and that they were now going to where they expected to find deer to shoot. From the... Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society - Page 42by Bombay Geographical Society - 1856Full view - About this book
| Naval art and science - 1856 - 748 pages
...shore of King William Land (1), travelling southward over the ice and dragging a boat with them (2). None of the party could speak the Esquimaux language intelligibly, but by signs the natives understood that their vessels had been crushed by the ice, and that they were going (3) to where they... | |
| Naval art and science - 1854 - 734 pages
...men," amounting to about forty, were seen travelling southward over the ice and dragging a boat with them by some Esquimaux, who were killing seals near the north shore of King William Lund, which is a large island. None of the party could speak the; Esquimaux language intelligibly,... | |
| 1854 - 744 pages
...white men,' amounting to about 40, were seen travelling southward over the ice and dragging a boat with them, by some Esquimaux, who were killing seals near the north shore of King William Land, which is a large island. None of the party could speak the Esquimaux language intelligibly,... | |
| A. R. Phippen - Education - 1854 - 472 pages
...sources, was as follows : — dragging a boat with them, by some Esquimaux, who were killing seals on the north shore of King William's Land, which is a large island named Keiik-tak by the Esquimaux. None of the party could speak the native language intelligibly, but... | |
| English essays - 1854 - 714 pages
...men, amounting to about 40, were seen, travelling southward over the ice, and dragging a boat with them, by some Esquimaux, who were killing seals near...Esquimaux language intelligibly, but by signs the natives were made to understand that their ship, or ships, had been crushed by ice, and that they were now... | |
| Conduct of life - 1854 - 402 pages
...southward over the ice, and dragging a boat with them, by some Esquimaux, who were killing seals on the north shore of King William's Land, which is a large island named Kei-ik-tak by the Esquimaux. None of the party could speak the native language intelligibly,... | |
| Edmund Burke - History - 1855 - 1078 pages
...men,' amounting to about 40, were seen travelling southward over the ice, and dragging a boat with them, by some Esquimaux, who were killing seals near...party could speak the Esquimaux language intelligibly; hut by signs the natives were made to understand that their ship, or ships, had been crushed by ice,... | |
| John Ryerson - Hudson Bay - 1855 - 244 pages
...men," amounting to about forty, were seen travelling southward over the ice and dragging a boat with them, by some Esquimaux, who were killing seals near the north shore of King William's Land, which is alarge island. None of the party could speak the Esquimaux language intelligibly, but by signs the... | |
| Sir Edward Belcher - Arctic regions - 1855 - 488 pages
...shore of King William's Land (1), travelling southward over the ice, and dragging a boat with them (2). None of the party could speak the Esquimaux language intelligibly, but by signs the natives understood that their vessels had been crushed by the FINDS UNDENIABLE TKACE8. 249 ice, and that they... | |
| Richard King - Arctic regions - 1855 - 278 pages
...'white men,' amounting to about 40, were seen travelling southward over the ice and dragging a boat with them by some Esquimaux, who were killing seals near the north shore of King William Land, which is a large island. None of the party could speak the Esquimaux language intelligibly,... | |
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