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The Adventures of John Jewitt / Only Survivor of the Crew of the Ship Boston During a Captivity of Nearly Three Years Among the Indians of Nootka Sound in Vancouver Island

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The narrative recounts the experience of the sole surviving crew member after his vessel is seized and most of the crew killed, and his subsequent captivity among the Indigenous inhabitants of Nootka Sound for nearly three years. It combines a chronological journal of events with close ethnographic observation, describing dwellings, clothing, ornamentation, food procurement, hunting and fishing methods, canoe construction, music and instruments, slavery, intertribal trade and conflict, and coastal geography. Practical details of daily life and the captive's changing situation are interwoven with reflections on cultural practices and the social dynamics that shaped his treatment and survival.

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THE ADVENTURES OF
JOHN JEWITT,

Only Survivor of the Crew of the Ship
BOSTON,
During a Captivity of nearly Three Years among the
INDIANS OF NOOTKA SOUND,
In Vancouver Island.

Edited, with an Introduction and Notes,
BY
Dr. ROBERT BROWN, M.A., F.L.S.,
Commander of the First Vancouver Exploring Expedition, etc.

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Transcriber's Note

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Obvious punctuation errors were corrected.

The following words appear both with and without hyphens and have not been changed: Ai-tiz-zarts, Cay-u-quets, Kla-iz-zarts, Noot-chee.

Hyphen added: ear[-]rings (page 118), otter[-]skin (page 153), sail[-]maker (page 35), saw[-]mills (page 61).

Hyphen removed: fresh[-]water (page 221), good[-]will (pages 92, 93).

List of illustrations: page number 151 changed to 149.

Page 129: "as" changed to "at" (at war, whaling and fishing).

Page 250: The word "Moot-sus, Powder" was restored from another book.