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the natives--ceremonies used on the
occasion--take formal possession. Deputation return to England 73
CHAPTER III.
Preparations for establishing a settlement in Labrador.--A love
feast.--Missionaries leave London--erect a mission-house at
Nain---regulations for their intercourse with the natives--visited by
great numbers--manner of instruction--they retire in winter, are visited
by the Brethren in their houses.--Death of Anauke.--An
incantation.--Adventures in search of a dead whale.--P.E. Lauritz
deputed by the conference--visits the missions--his excursion along the
coast.--A sloop of war arrives to examine the settlement--the Captain's

report.--Jans Haven's voyage to the north-- interesting
occurrences.--Lauritz leaves Nain--his concluding address.--The
Brethren propose new settlements--disastrous voyage in search of a
situation.--Liebisch appointed Superintendant.--An Angekok
baptized--his address to the natives.--Jans Haven commences a new
station at Okkak--received joyfully by the natives--six Esquimaux
baptized--proceedings at Nain.--Missionary accompanies the
Esquimaux to a rein-deer-hunt.--Third settlement--Hopedale
founded.--Remarkable preservation of the Missionaries. 97
CHAPTER IV.
Esquimaux visit the English settlements--pernicious
consequences--dreadful accident--famine--unexpected supply of food
and skins.--Emigration from Okkak--missionaries' care of the
wanderers, who return disappointed.--Terrible tales from the
south.--Inquirers separated from the heathen.--Popish priest attempts to
seduce the converts.--Brother Rose inspects Hopedale.--Karpik the
sorcerer.--Peter's fall.--Visits to the south renewed.--Parting address of
the brethren.--Epidemic.-- Death of Daniel--of Esther.--Conversion and
peaceful end of Tuglavina.--Last days of Mikak.--Indians come to
Hopedale.-- Rose's remarks on the internal state of the
missions.--Instances of the power of grace among the
Esquimaux--striking observation of one of the baptized.--Jonathan's
letter to the Greenlanders.-- Affecting confession of
Solomon.--Conduct of a young woman sought in marriage by a
heathen.--State of the settlements at the close of the century.--Prospects
begin to brighten.--Remarkable phenomenon.--Avocations of the
missionaries--their trials-- preservation of their vessels--of their
settlements--their brotherly love. 154
CHAPTER V.
Variable appearances of the mission at Nain and Okkak--more
favourable at Hopedale.--Death of Benjamin.--Spirit of love among the
converted.--Happy communion and close of the year.--Providential
escape of the Resolution.--New epoch in Labrador.--A remarkable

awakening commences at Hopedale-- meetings--schools.--Letter from a
converted Esquimaux to his teacher.--Industry of the
awakened.--Declension of religion at Nain and Okkak.--State of the
children at Hopedale.-- Progress of the adults in knowledge, love, and
zeal--instances.-- Striking conversion of two young Esquimaux, its
effects upon their countrymen.--Awakening spreads to Nain and to
Okkak.--Zeal of the converts towards the heathen rouses backsliders.--
Behaviour of the awakened in sickness, and the prospect of
death.--Remarkable accessions from the heathen.--The son of a sorcerer.
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CHAPTER VI.
Mutual affection of the Christian Esquimaux and Greenlanders--their
correspondence--letter from Timothy, a baptized Greenlander.--Delight
of the Esquimaux in religious exercises.--Order of the
congregations--distressing events, apostasy of Kapik--awful end of
Jacob--peaceful end of believers--Judith, Joanna.--Revival among the
communicants.--A feast by a Christian brother to the
Esquimaux.--Winter arrangements.--Childrens'
meetings--schools.--The brethren's settlements contrasted with the
heathen.--Progress of religion at the different stations.--Books printed
in the Esquimaux language.--Number of the settled
Esquimaux.--Epidemic at Nain--its consequences.--General view of the
mission. 238
CHAPTER VII.
Desire of the heathen to hear the Gospel.--Brethren meditate a new
settlement--voyage to explore the country.--Quiet course of the
mission--advantages of their church discipline.--Death of
Burghardt.--Exertions of the aged survivors.--Schreiber, superintendant,
arrives.--Anxiety of the native Christians to attend the ordinances of
religion.--Advantages of the Bible as a school-book.--Four missionaries
unexpectedly carried to England.--Baptized Esquimaux seduced by
traders.--Perilous voyage of the returning missionaries--striking
accident.-- Schreiber retires from the superintendance--Kohlmeister

succeeds--his journeyings to Okkak, to Nain.--Stability of the work of
God at Nain--hopeful deaths--conversion and recovery of a young
native.--Remarkable preservation of an Esquimaux youth. 269
CHAPTER VIII.
Fiftieth anniversary of the missionary vessel's first arrival in
Labrador--jubilee of the mission celebrated at Nain.-- Summary view
of the success of the gospel in Labrador during that period.--Instance of
maternal affection.--Esquimaux contribute to the Bible
Society.--British sloop of war, Clinker, visits Hopedale.--Captain
Martin's testimony to the good effect of the brethren's labours--visits
Nain and Okkak--consequences of his favourable report. 304
CHAPTER IX.
The Brethren obtain a further grant of land on the east coast of
Labrador--projected fourth settlement delayed.--Progress of the three
settlements in the interval.--Instances of wonderful
preservation--Ephraim--of Conrad, Peter, and Titus.--Report of the
Superintendant, Kohlmeister, on the general state of the
Mission.--Letter from Brother and Sister Kmoch, to a friend in
Edinburgh.--Commencement and progress of Hebron, the fourth station.
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THE MORAVIANS IN LABRADOR.
INTRODUCTION.
The Moravian Mission in Labrador was attempted under circumstances
scarcely less discouraging than those under which the brethren were
enabled to achieve the moral conquest of Greenland, was attended with
incidents still more romantic, and blest with a success equally
remarkable. But it possesses a peculiar interest to British readers,
having been commenced under the auspices of the British government,
and promising a more extensive influence among tribes with whom

British intercourse is likely to produce a wider and more intimate
connection.
The Peninsula of Labrador extends from the 50th to the 61st deg. N.L.
It is somewhat of a triangular form; bounded on the north by Hudson's
Straits, and indented by