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[VOL. XVIII. London: 1846.]
Letters received by the Brethren's Society for the Furtherance of the Gospel, from the Missionaries on the Coast of Labrador.
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We were truly glad to obtain, through the kindness of the Bible Society, some portions of the New Testament in different Indian languages, by means of Which we may hope to have some intercourse with any Indians who may hereafter visit us. None came near us the whole of last year.
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“JOHN C. BECK, “C. G. ALBRECHT,
“CHRISTIAN BARSOE, “T. C. F. ANDREA.”
LABRADOR.
Extracts of Private Correspondence.
“In how far there is any truth in the idea of the Esquimaux, that the Indians have hostile intentions towards them, it is difficult for me to say. The former attribute to the latter an intention of cutting their fishing-nets, stealing their food, &c., and are certainly in great fear of them. This fear was a good deal increased by the report of a heathen Esquimaux, named Anneraitsiak, who stated that the Indians had nearly killed him, and that his life was spared merely by his saying who he was; for the Indians declare, that it is their intention only to kill such Esquimaux as have been baptized, but no longer reside with the believers. This lying story had certainly an effect upon the Esquimaux Noah, who forsook us last winter, and went to the settlers in David's Inlet, since he returned to Hopedale in spring. Some of our people seem actually to believe, that the Indians have a commission from us, to make away with such Esquimaux as wander out of our fold.
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“JOHN LUNDBERG.”
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