The South Baffin census of 1913-1914 by Archibald Lang Fleming

In January 1913, during his second stay at Kimmirut, the missionary Archibald Lang Fleming, whom the Inuit called Ilataaqauq ("having many new relatives") and who was to become the first Anglican bishop of the Arctic, travels by dogteam along the south coast of Baffin Island between Kimmirut (Lake Harbour) and Kinngait (Cape Dorset), with two Inuit: his guide and assistant Pallu and a young boy he calls Yarley. Stopping at each camp on his way, he enumerates the people who live there, identifying the households to which they belong. Fleming also notes down the name and gender of each individual, as well as the approximate age of younger people. In early 1914, he completes his census by adding the camps that lie in a northeastern direction, between Kimmirut and the Blacklead Island (Uummannarjuaq) whaling station. In this document, after a short introductory text on the history and format of the census we present it in extenso, transcribed in standard orthography to the extent that we were able to decipher Fleming's spelling. The document ends with a section expounding the more general context of Fleming’s sojourn in Kimmirut at the beginning of the 20th century, as well as the missionary’s attitude toward the Inuit and their culture.
ᔭᓄᐊᕆ 1913-ᒥ, ᑭᒻᒥᕈᒻᒥᑦ, ᐊᔪᕆᖅᓱᐃᔨ ᐋᑭᐴᓪᑦ ᓛᖕ ᕕᓕᐊᒥᖕ (Archibald Lang Fleming; ᐃᓚᑖᖃᐅᖅ
ᓚᔭᐅᑦᑐᓂ), ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᖑᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᔪᕆᖅᓱᐃᔨᕐᔪᐊᖑᓪᓗᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ, ᕐᕋᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᕿᒧᒃᓯᒃᑯᑦ ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓘᑉ
ᓯᔾᔭᖓᒍᑦ ᑭᒻᒥᕈᒻᒥᑦ ᑭᓐᖓᕐᓄᑦ, ᐃᓅᒃ ᒪᕐᕉᒃ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ: ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑎᖓ ᑐᑭᒧᐊᒃᑎᖓ ᐸᓪᓗ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᖅ ᔨᐊᓞ (Yarley) ᑕᐃᔭᖓ. ᓄᖅᑲᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᓂ ᐊᑐᓂ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᐊᖅᑯᑎᒥᓂ, ᑎᑎᕋᖅᐸᑉᐳᖅ ᐃᓄᓐᓂᒃ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑐᓂᒃ, ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᑦᑐᓂ ᐃᓪᓗᒥᐅᖃᑎᒌᓂᒃ ᓇᓕᐊᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᒻᒪᖔᑕ. ᕕᓕᐊᒥᖕ ᑎᑎᕋᖃᑦᑕᕐᒥᔪᖅ ᐊᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᕐᓇᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᖑᑕᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᑭᐅᖏᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᑦ. ᐱᒋᐊᓕᓵᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ 1914, ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐱᔭᕇᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓈᓴᐃᓂᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᐃᓚᓯᓪᓗᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᕋᓛᓂᒃ ᑕᕐᕋᖓᓂ ᑲᓇᓐᓇᖓᓂ ᑐᕌᖓᔪᓂᒃ, ᐊᑯᕐᖓᓐᓂ ᑭᒻᒥᕈᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐆᒻᒪᓐᓇᕐᔪᐊᑉ ᐊᕐᕕᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓᑕ (Blacklead Island). ᒪᒃᐱᒐᕐᓂ ᑭᖑᓪᓕᕐᓂ, ᓇᐃᓈᖅᓯᒪᔪᒥᒃ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᔭᐃ ᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᑕ ᓈᓴᐃᓂᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᓐᓂᐊᖅᐸᕗᑦ ᑕᑭᓪᓕᒋᐊᖅᓯᒪᔪᒃᑯᑦ, ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑦᑐᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ, ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑦᑐᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᔪᓐᓇᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᕕᓕᐊᒥᖕ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᓯᖓᓂᒃ. ᑖᓐᓇ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᖅ ᐃᓱᓕᑉᐳᖅ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓪᓗᓂ ᕕᓕᐊᒥᖕ ᑭᒻᒥᕈᒻᒥᐅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᐱᒋᐊᓞᓵᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ 20-ᒋᔭᖓᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᖏᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᔪᕿᖅᑐᐃᔨᐅᑉ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᖓ ᐃᓄᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓞᖅᖁᓯᖏᓐᓄᓪᓗ.
Januari 1913-mi, ajuqiqtuiji Archibald Lang Fleming (Ilataaqauq lajauttuni), sivullipaangulluni
ajuqiqtuijirjuangulluni ukiuqtaqtumi, ingirralauqsimajuq qimutsikkut Qikiqtaaluup sijjangagut Kimmirummit Kinngarnut, inuuk marruuk ilagijaullutik: ikajuqtinga tasiuqtinga Pallu uvva Palluq amma makkuttuq Yarley taijanga. Nuqqaqattaqtuni atunit nunaliralaani aqqutimini, titiraqattaqtuq inunnik taikani nunaqaqtunik, nalunaiqsittuni illumiuqatigiinnik naliannut ilagijaummangaata. Fleming titiraqattarmijuq atinginnik ammalu arnauninginnik angutauninginnik atunit inuit, ammalu ukiungit makkuktut. 1914 pigialisaaqtillugu, pijariiqsilauqtuq naasainirminik ilasittuni nunaliralaanik tarrangani kanannangani turaangajunik, akurnganni Kimmirut ammalu Uummannarjuap (Blacklead Island) arvirniarvingata. Mappigarni kingullirni, naittumik nalunaijaijjutimik titiraqsimajuqalauqtillugu naasainiulauqtuq saqqitinniaqpavut takilligiaqsimajukkut, titiraqsimalluni taimaittutuqakkut, tukisijunnaqsilauqtugut Fleming titirausinganik. Taanna titiqqaq isulippuq nalunaiqsilluni Fleming Kimmirummiutaulauqsimaninganik pigialisaaqtillugu 20-gijangani ukiungit, ammalu ajuqiqtuijiup isumagijanga inunnut iliqqusinginnullu.
En janvier 1913, lors de son deuxième séjour à Kimmirut, le missionnaire Archibald Lang Fleming, que les Inuit appellent Ilataaqauq (« qui a beaucoup de nouveaux parents ») et qui deviendra plus tard le premier évêque anglican de l’Arctique, parcourt en traîneau à chiens la côte sud de l’île de Baffin entre Kimmirut (Lake Harbour) et Kinngait (Cape Dorset), avec deux Inuit : son guide et assistant Pallu et un jeune garçon qu’il appelle Yarley. S’arrêtant à chaque camp en route, il dénombre les personnes qui y vivent en identifiant les maisonnées auxquelles elles appartiennent. Fleming note aussi le nom et le sexe de chaque individu et indique l’âge approximatif des plus jeunes. Au début de 1914, il complète son recensement en y ajoutant les camps situés vers le nord-est, entre Kimmirut et la station baleinière de Blacklead Island (Uummannarjuaq). Dans ce document, après un bref texte introductoire sur l’histoire et le format du recensement, on trouvera celui-ci in extenso, transcrit en orthographe standard dans la mesure où nous avons pu déchiffrer l’épellation de Fleming. Le document se termine par une section expliquant le contexte plus général du séjour de Fleming à Kimmirut au début du 20e siècle, ainsi que l’attitude du missionnaire face aux Inuit et à leur culture.