MARTIN FORBISHER KIDNAPS THREE INUIT AND SAILS FOR ENGLAND
English sailor and privateer, Martin Frobisher made 3 voyages to the New World in search of the North-west Passage. On his 2nd expedition, it 1577, there were several skirmishes with the Inuit. In August 1577, before the expedition began its return to England, Frobisher’s men sought to capture a group of Inuit on Baffin Island to get information on 5 of Frobisher’s men taken captive by the Inuit the previous year in his 1st expedition. A battle ensued in which several Inuit died. Three were forcibly taken: A man called Calichough or Kalicho; a woman, Egnock or Arnaq; and her child, Nutioc or Nuttaaq. Kalicho had been in contact with the English previously and had tried to inform them about the 5 men but could not make himself understood. Taken to England, all 3 died soon after their arrival that November, Kalicho dying from a wound suffered when a rib, broken during his capture, eventually punctured his lung.
Sources:
George Best, "Frobisher: Second Voyage (1577),".in Philip F. Alexander (ed.), The North-West and North-East Passages, 1576–1611. (Cambridge University Press, 2011), p. 39. Retrieved 10/22/2023, The North-West and North-East Renée Fossett, In Order to Live Untroubled: Inuit of the Central Arctic, 1550–1940 (Univ. of Manitoba Press, 2001), p. 37. Retrieved 10/22/2023, Passages, 1576-1611 - Google Books In Order to Live Untroubled: Inuit of the Central Artic 1550 to 1940 - Renee Fossett - Google Books
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Watercolor: John White, 1577. Kalicho, an Inuit taken to England by Martin Frobisher. Public Domain.
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