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This book is an incredible true adventure story with descriptions of the Native American Indian Tribes of Vancouver Island. Having lived in the Northwest my whole life, I never knew the incredible history of this area. It tells the story of a young man, (John Jewitt) going on a ship from England to explore the world. He was a metal smith and hired on the ship "Boston". His journey was supposed to take him to America where he was going to purchase furs, sell them in China, and return to America and begin his life. His plans were drastically altered when the ship was overtaken by Indians at "Friendly cove" in Vancouver, where he spent the next three years as a slave to the King.
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Nootka Indians, Captivities, Indian captivities, Indians of North America, Boston (Ship), Captivity, Glossaries, vocabularies, Nootka language, Nootka Sound (B.C.), History, Indians of north america, social life and customs, Jewitt, john rodgers, 1783-1821, Captives, Social life and customs, Nootka (Indiens), Captifs, Prisonniers des Indiens d'Amérique, Nuu-chah-nulth Indians, Vancouver (b.c.), history, Slavery, canada, Boston (Navire), Indiens, North American Indians, maquinaBook Details
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Title on spine: The Jewitt narrative.
"Written by ... Richard Alsop ... [who] drew from Jewitt his story, during repeated interviews."--Hist. mag., v. 4, 1860, p. 91.
"In the reprinting ... [the publisher] used as a working copy one of the undated Jewitts."
Of this edition 1522 copies were finished."
Reproductions of 4 title pages from earlier editions on lining papers.
"A list of words in the Nootkian language, the most in use": p. [6] "The later life of John R. Jewitt, by Edmond Meany, Jr., originally published in British Columbia historical quarterly, v. 4, 1940 [25] p. at end (numbered 143-161)
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