Research Catalog

Title

Strangers among us / David Woodman.

Author

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

Publication

Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1995.

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Description

xvi, 166 p. : ill., maps; 26 cm.

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.

Series Statement

McGill-Queen's native and northern series, 1181-7453 ; 10

Uniform Title

McGill-Queen's native and northern series 10.

Subject

• Franklin, John, 1786-1847
• Franklin, John, 1786-1847
• Hall, Charles Francis, 1821-1871
• John Franklin Arctic Expedition (1845-1851)
• Inuit > Northwest Territories > History
• Inuit > Franklin
• Arctic regions > British
• Melville Island (N.W.T. and Nunavut) > History
• Franklin (N.W.T.) > British
• Northwest Passage

Genre/Form

Electronic books.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-162) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

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

ISBN

0773513485

OCLC

37594300

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library