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White Slaves of Maquinna

John R. Jewitt's Narrative of Capture and Confinement at Nootka

By: John Jewitt

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White Slaves of Maquinna

John R. Jewitt's Narrative of Capture and Confinement at Nootka

By: John Jewitt

John R. Jewitt's story of being captured and enslaved by Maquinna, the great chief of the Mowachaht people, is both an adventure tale of survival and an unusual perspective on the First Nations of the northwest coast of Vancouver Island. On March 22, 1803, while anchored in Nootka Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island, the Boston was attacked by a group of Mowachaht warriors. Twenty-five of her 27 crewmen were massacred, their heads "arranged in a line" for survivor John R. Jewitt to identify. 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 their worst fear came from knowing that slaves could be killed whenever their master chose. Since most of the Mowachaht wanted the two whites dead, they never knew what would come first—freedom or death. After Jewitt was rescued, following 28 months in captivity, he wrote a book of his experiences. It appeared in 1815 and became known as Jewitt's Narrative. It proved so popular that it is still being reprinted today.

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196

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Heritage House Publishing Co

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ISBN 10

1927051150

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9781927051153

Canadian Literary Landmarks

By: John Robert Colombo

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Canadian Literary Landmarks

By: John Robert Colombo

Canadian Literary Landmarks

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319

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Dundurn

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ISBN 10

0888820739

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9780888820730

The Adventures and Sufferings of John R. Jewitt

Only Survivor 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. America

By: Richard Alsop,John R. Jewitt

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The Adventures and Sufferings of John R. Jewitt

By: Richard Alsop,John R. Jewitt

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