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A narrative of the adventures and sufferings of John R. Jewitt; only survivor of the crew of the ship Boston, during a captivity of nearly three years among the savages of Nootka sound: with an account of the manners, mode of living, and religious opinions of the natives ...

Title
A narrative of the adventures and sufferings of John R. Jewitt; only survivor of the crew of the ship Boston, during a captivity of nearly three years among the savages of Nootka sound: with an account of the manners, mode of living, and religious opinions of the natives ...
Author
Jewitt, John R. (John Rodgers), 1783-1821.
Publication
New-York, Printed by Daniel Fanshaw, 1816.

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Additional Authors
Alsop, Richard, 1761-1815.
Description
208 p. front.; 18.5 cm.
Subject
  • Jewitt, John R. 1783-1821
  • Boston (Ship)
  • Nuu-chah-nulth Indians > Social life and customs
  • Indian captivities > British Columbia
  • Nuu-chah-nulth language > Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
  • Indians of North America
  • Indian captivities
  • Nootka Sound (B.C.)
Note
  • At foot of p. 208: End of the third edition.
  • "Written by ... Richard Alsop... [who] drew from Jewett his story, during repeated interviews." cf. Hist. mag. v. 4, 1860, p. 91.
  • "A list of words in the Nootkian language, the most in use": p. [4]
  • "Names of the crew of the ship Boston, belonging to Boston, in Massachusetts ... all of whom, excepting two, were on the 22nd of March, 1803 ... murdered by the savages of Nootka": p. [3]
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Call Number
*KF 1816 (Jewitt, J. R. Narrative of the adventures and sufferings of John R. Jewitt)
LCCN
20018476 //r943
OCLC
8989244
Author
Jewitt, John R. (John Rodgers), 1783-1821.
Title
A narrative of the adventures and sufferings of John R. Jewitt; only survivor of the crew of the ship Boston, during a captivity of nearly three years among the savages of Nootka sound: with an account of the manners, mode of living, and religious opinions of the natives ...
Imprint
New-York, Printed by Daniel Fanshaw, 1816.
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Sabin 36123
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Alsop, Richard, 1761-1815.
Research Call Number
*KF 1816 (Jewitt, J. R. Narrative of the adventures and sufferings of John R. Jewitt)
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