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... Repulse bay , or any portion of the Gulf of Boothia . Neither he , nor any of the other natives here , know or have ever heard of any cairn made in the latter place . The Nachillas , in fact , never visit this country . From all the ...
... Repulse bay , or any portion of the Gulf of Boothia . Neither he , nor any of the other natives here , know or have ever heard of any cairn made in the latter place . The Nachillas , in fact , never visit this country . From all the ...
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... Bay . Barry's statement was , that in 1872 he was with Capt . Potter in a New Bedford whaler that passed the winter of that year in Repulse bay ; that a number of Esquimaux built their snow huts close to the vessel , among whom were two ...
... Bay . Barry's statement was , that in 1872 he was with Capt . Potter in a New Bedford whaler that passed the winter of that year in Repulse bay ; that a number of Esquimaux built their snow huts close to the vessel , among whom were two ...
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... Repulse bay , from some Netchelli , a silver spoon , with the Franklin crest on it , which he brought to New York , and these Netchelli , he said , confirmed the story he had previously heard , one of whom stated that he had seen the ...
... Repulse bay , from some Netchelli , a silver spoon , with the Franklin crest on it , which he brought to New York , and these Netchelli , he said , confirmed the story he had previously heard , one of whom stated that he had seen the ...
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... Repulse Bay , Lieut . Schwatka found that the principal Netchelli with whom Barry had conversed had in the meanwhile died , and that the other , named Ik - ke - sik , who had left the Netchelli country when quite young , knew of the ...
... Repulse Bay , Lieut . Schwatka found that the principal Netchelli with whom Barry had conversed had in the meanwhile died , and that the other , named Ik - ke - sik , who had left the Netchelli country when quite young , knew of the ...
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... Repulse bay or any part of the Gulf of Boothia ; that neither he nor any of the other natives had ever heard of a cairn in that vicinity ; and he stated what was very conclusive , that the Netchilli never visit that country . Lieut ...
... Repulse bay or any part of the Gulf of Boothia ; that neither he nor any of the other natives had ever heard of a cairn in that vicinity ; and he stated what was very conclusive , that the Netchilli never visit that country . Lieut ...
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Page 262 - Ross's pillar has not however been found, and the paper has been transferred to this position, which is that in which Sir J.
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Page 209 - Atlantic, exists on the two sides of the Pacific. In the north of China, the extremes of the seasons are much more felt than in the same latitudes in New California, and at the mouth of the Columbia.
Page 150 - Sacred to the perpetual memory of a great company of Christian people, chiefly women and children, who near this spot were cruelly murdered by the followers of the rebel Nana Dhundu Panth of Bithur, and cast, the dying with the dead, into the well below, on the xvth day of July, MDCCCLVII.