Strangers among us / David Woodman.

By:

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

Material type: Text

TextSeries: McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 10.Publication details: Montreal, Que. ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1995.Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 166 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780773565630
0773565639
1282853600
9781282853607
9786612853609
6612853603

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Strangers among us.DDC classification:

917.19/5041/0922 20

LOC classification:

G660 .W58 1995eb

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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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Kia and Rae -- 2. The Etkerlin -- 3. Homeward Bound -- Appendix: Inuit Terms and Place Names.

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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.

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