planters

planter n Northward of Sandwich Bay, the white inhabitants are, for the most part, descended from Hudson's Bay Company servants, who married Eskimo women and remained on the coast after their services had expired, they are known along the coast as 'planters'. OCT. 10 1979 PRINTED ITEM...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
eskimo*
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/62976
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Summary:planter n Northward of Sandwich Bay, the white inhabitants are, for the most part, descended from Hudson's Bay Company servants, who married Eskimo women and remained on the coast after their services had expired, they are known along the coast as 'planters'. OCT. 10 1979 PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit Used I Used I 4 Used I

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