Featured Article Quiz #165
Tatannuaq
#1 Tatannuaq (also known as Augustus) worked for which company during the period described?
Hudson’s Bay Company
East India Company
Northwest Trading Association
#2 During John Franklin’s Coppermine expedition (1819–1822), Tatannuaq’s role included which of the following?
Serving as an interpreter and sometimes scouting ahead to help communicate
Commanding artillery units and planning naval routes
Leading a South Atlantic whaling voyage
#3 What happened to Tatannuaq’s family situation in 1822 after he returned to Fort Churchill?
He learned his wife had been involved with Hoeootoerock’s family after Hoeootoerock’s death, and Tatannuaq was blamed and ostracized.
He discovered his wife had died, and the expedition members adopted his sons.
His wife returned to his Inuit community, and Tatannuaq was promoted to a chief.