On comparing the language of our two Esquimaux with a copy of St. John’s Gospel, printed for the use of the Moravian Missionary Settlements on the Labrador coast, it appeared that the Esquimaux who resort to Churchill speak a language essentially the same with those who frequent the Labrador coast. The Red Knives, too, recognise the expression Teyma, used by the Esquimaux when they accost strangers in a friendly manner, as similarly pronounced by Augustus, and those of his race who frequent the mouth of the Copper-Mine River.
John Franklin
Fort Enterprize
February 12, 1821
Commemorating the 200th anniversary of Franklinʼs historic overland journey to the shores of the polar sea