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 SoundAccount of the three years spent in captivity by John Jewitt, of the American trading ship 'Boston', among the Indians of Nootka Sound on the southwest Coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, from 1803-1806. |
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