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Author Woodman, David C. (David Charles), 1956-

Title Strangers among us / David Woodman
Published Montreal, Que. ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1995

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 166 pages) : illustrations
Series McGill-Queen's native and northern series, 1181-7453 ; 10
McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 10. 1181-7453
Contents 1. Kia and Rae -- 2. The Etkerlin -- 3. Homeward Bound -- Appendix: Inuit Terms and Place Names
Summary In 1868 American explorer Charles Francis Hall interviewed several Inuit hunters who spoke of strangers travelling through their land. Hall immediately assumed that the hunters were talking about survivors of the Franklin expedition and set off for the Melville Peninsula, the location of many of the sightings, to collect further evidence to support his theory. Hall's theory was roundly dismissed by historians of his day, who concluded that the Inuit had been referring to other white explorers, despite significant discrepancies between the Inuit evidence and the records of other expeditions. In Strangers Among Us Woodman re-examines the Inuit accounts in light of modern scholarship and concludes that Hall's initial conclusions are supported by Inuit remembrances, remembrances that do not correlate with the travels of other expeditions but are consistent with those of Franklin's
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Franklin, John, 1786-1847
SUBJECT Franklin, John, 1786-1847 fast
Franklin, John, (1786-1847; Sir) ram
Hall, Charles Francis, (1821-1871) ram
Franklin, John (Forschungsreisender) swd
John Franklin Arctic Expedition (1845-1851)
Subject Inuit -- Northwest Territories.
TRAVEL -- Canada -- General.
HISTORY -- Expeditions & Discoveries.
Discoveries in geography -- British
Inuit
Expedition
Mündliche Überlieferung
Eskimo's.
Expedities.
Inuits -- Canada -- Territoires du Nord-Ouest.
SUBJECT Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- British
Melville Peninsula (Nunavut) -- History
Subject Arctic Regions
Northwest Territories
Nunavut -- Melville Peninsula
Nordwestpassage
Arctique -- Découvertes et explorations britanniques.
Eskimo.
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780773565630
0773565639
1282853600
9781282853607
9786612853609
6612853603