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.
by Jewitt, John R. Alsop, Richard, editor
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Sm. Middletown: Seth Richards, 1815. Sm. 8vo, 204 pp. With an engraved frontispiece of the ship Boston being taken over by the natives. Original calf, red morocco label, a bit worn but quite sound. Early ink signature at the front of A. Van Vechten the politician and lawyer. § Second edition (so stated at the end), presumably thus because of Jewitt's "Journal Kept at Nootka Sound" (Boston, 1807). A fascinating account of the massacre of all but two of the crew of the "Boston" and how they escaped by engineering a switch with another vessel that had arrived some 3 years later. Jewitt provides a detailed narrative that covers all areas of life in the tribe's village, including their physical appearance, clothing, buildings, food, music, ceremonies and religion. Hill 887: "The work gives many particulars concerning the life and habits of the Indians of Vancouver Island, together with a three-page vocabulary and the war-song of the Nootka tribesmen. The indigenous people here referred to as Nootka are today known as the Nuu-chah-nulth. They consist of 15 related tribes whose traditional home is Vancouver Island. Howes A-189; Field 776; Smith 5206.
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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.
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- Jewitt, John R. Alsop, Richard, editor
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- Hardcover
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- Seth Richards
- Place of Publication
- Middletown
- Date Published
- 1815
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