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 by John Rodgers Jewitt

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

John Rodgers Jewitt

116 pages • first pub 1807 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous reflective medium-paced

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Jewitt and another survivor, John Thompson, became 2 of some 50 slaves owned by the chief known as Maquinna. Among other duties, they were forced to carry wood for three miles and fight for Maquinna when he slaughtered a neighbouring tribe. But th...

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