Kalli, the Esquimaux Christian: A Memoir

A memoir recounts the life of a young Esquimaux brought from the high Arctic to England aboard H.M.S. Assistance during an expedition searching for missing ships. It traces his first encounters with sailors, his visits to native winter-stations and burial places, and his adaptation to European dress and shipboard life. The narrative follows his curiosity for prints and study at missionary colleges, growing Christian faith and baptism, later service in Newfoundland, illness and death, funeral, and the practical reflections offered about charity, cross-cultural contact, and the need for instruction among remote peoples.