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The Moravian mission to Ungava: The aftermath

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The Moravian mission to Ungava: The aftermath
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Benjamin Kohlmeister and George Kmoch returned to their mission at Okkak on the Labrador coast in the fall of 1811 after a trip with Inuit guides along the shores of Ungava Bay.
They liked what they had seen there — the land and its resources seemed likely to be able to support a mission, and the Inuit they spoke with were receptive to the idea.
The Inuit welcomed the idea of the Moravians returning and settling permanently among them, not so much because they wanted to be Christianized — they h

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