226 Inasmuch 



ungava The last, and successful, attempt was made by 



&amp;gt;ed 1! Mr. Peck, and four Indians, in a canoe. After 

 an arduous and adventurous journey of twenty- 

 five days, with many portages, they arrived at 

 Fort Chimo on Ungava Bay. Here three weeks 

 were spent in instructing the natives. Was it 

 worth while? Three fruitless attempts, and a 

 final journey of twenty-five days, to preach the 

 Gospel for three weeks to a small company of 

 Eskimo? Five years later the Head of the 

 Moravian Mission on the Labrador Coast re 

 ported the visit of one of his missionaries to 

 Ungava Bay, and wrote to Mr. Peck, &quot;that there 

 was a real awakening and that it is to be traced 

 to the Divine Blessing on your own work at 

 Ungava. From thence it has spread northward 

 to Kangiva, the Island of Alipatok, and even to 

 the other side of Hudson Straits. It was soon 

 plain to him and he says it would be plain to 

 every one that the work is of God. No doubt 

 some of the Eskimos are going with the stream, 

 but its flow is towards Christianity.&quot; 



Biackiead Ten years later came the next extension. On 



i8iand,i894 July gth&amp;gt; the whaling brig Alert&quot; sailed from 



Aberdeen, bearing Mr. Peck and Mr. J. C. Parker 

 to the desolate Biackiead Island in Cumberland 

 Sound. &quot;The Island, as its name indicates, con 

 tains the mineral blacklead. It is a small, h gh, 

 barren rock. It is a two-hours walk around it on 

 the frozen sea. Its vegetation is very meagre.&quot; 

 Every single thing required, including both 

 wood and coal for fuel, had to be brought from 



