Kalli, the Esquimaux Christian

Kalli, the Esquimaux Christian,
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KALLI, THE ESQUIMAUX CHRISTIAN.
by
THE
REV. T. B. MURRAY, M.A.

Published Under the Direction of the Committee of General Literature
and Education, Appointed by the Society for Promoting Christian
Knowledge
LONDON.
Printed for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, Sold at the
Depositories, Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, 4, Royal
Exchange, and 16, Hanover Street, Hanover Square, and by All
Booksellers
Price Sixpence.
[Illustration: Kallihirua, signature]
KALLI, THE ESQUIMAUX CHRISTIAN.

A Memoir
by
THE REV. T. B. MURRAY, M.A.
Author of "Pitcairn, the Island, the People, and the Pastor"
Published Under the Direction of the Committee of General Literature
and Education, Appointed by the Society for Promoting Christian
Knowledge
London
Printed for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge Sold at the
Depositories Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, 4, Royal
Exchange, and 16, Hanover Street, Hanover Square and by All
Booksellers
1856

CONTENTS
PAGE Kallihirua the Esquimaux 7 Her Majesty's Ship "Assistance" 8
Cape York 9 Kallihirua on board the "Assistance" 10 The Esquimaux
Graves 11 Kallihirua's Family 12 Lines on "Kallihirua in the Ship" 13
Description of the Esquimaux 15 Admiral Beechey's Account 16 The
Seal 17 The Narwhal 18 Sir W. Edward Parry's Account 19 Need of
Christian Instruction 21 Kallihirua's Tribe 22 Kallihirua in England ib.
His fondness for Prints and Drawings 23 Seal Hunter 24 Sights in
England 25 Great Exhibition of 1851 26 St. Augustine's College 27
College Studies 28 Reverence for Sacred Places 29 Illness from
changes in the Weather 30 Greenland-Esquimaux Vocabulary 31 Visit
to Kalli at College 32 His Amusements and Occupations 34 Baptism of
Kallihirua 36 Stanzas by the Warden 43 Kalli at St. John's,
Newfoundland 45 Death of Archdeacon Bridge 47 Intelligence from
Newfoundland 48 Allusion to Prince Le Boo 49 Accounts from St

John's 50 Letter from Kalli 51 Kalli's Illness and Death 52 Legacy to a
Friend 56 Funeral 57 Intended Memorial 58 Practical Reflections 59
Conclusion 60
ILLUSTRATIONS
Portrait of Kallihirua To face Title Page Map, including his Birthplace
To face Page 10 Entrance to a Snow Hut Page 15 Esquimaux Striking
a Narwhal 18 Seal Hunter 24 Walrus and Seal 35 St. Martin's Church,
Canterbury To face page 39

KALLIHIRUA THE ESQUIMAUX.
Kallihirua, notwithstanding the disadvantages of person (for he was
plain, and short of stature, and looked what he was,--an Esquimaux),
excited a feeling of interest and regard in those who were acquainted
with his history, and who knew his docile mind, and the sweetness of
his disposition.
Compliance with the precept in the Old Testament, "Love ye the
stranger[1]," becomes a delight as well as a duty in such an instance as
that about to be recorded, especially when we consider the affecting
injunction conveyed in the Epistle to the Hebrews, "Be not forgetful to
entertain strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels
unawares[2]."
[Footnote 1: Deut. x 18.]
[Footnote 2: Heb. xiii 2.]

Her Majesty's Ship "Assistance"
Erasmus Augustine York, whose native name was Kallihirua, was
brought to England on board Her Majesty's ship "Assistance," Captain
Erasmus Ommanney, in 1851. Captain Ommanney was second in

command of the expedition under the orders of Captain Horatio Austin,
C.B., which was dispatched in May, 1850, in search of the missing
vessels of Sir John Franklin, the "Erebus" and "Terror". Franklin had
quitted England on his perilous and fatal enterprise in May, 1845.
Much interest was attached to the young Esquimaux, who was
considered to be about sixteen years of age in August, 1850. He was
one of a tribe inhabiting the country in the vicinity of Wolstenholme
Sound, at the head of Baffin's Bay, in 76° 3' north latitude, the nearest
residents to the North Pole of any human beings known to exist on the
globe. He was the only person ever brought to this country from so