
Captivity of Nearly Three Years Among the Savages of Nootka Sound - Kostenloses Hörbuch
Autor(en): John R. Jewitt
Sprache: English
Genre(s): Biografie & AutobiografieMemoirenSachbücher
1 / 17A Blacksmith by Trade
- 1. A Blacksmith by Trade
- 2. As Armorer on the Ship "Boston"
- 3. Crew Murdered by King Maquinna
- 4. One Man Found Alive in the Hold
- 5. The Ship Burns; Starts a Journal
- 6. The Village of Nootka
- 7. Cooking, Dress, and Decoration
- 8. Canoes, Songs, Slavery
- 9. Neighboring Tribes
- 10. Winter Quarters
- 11. Ceremonial Tests of Fortitude
- 12. Haunted by the Ghosts of Murdered Sailors
- 13. Nootka Goes to War
- 14. Jewitt Forced to Marry and Adopt Native Dress
- 15. Jewitt Rejects His Native Wife
- 16. Rescue!
- 17. Home to Boston via Macau and Canton
Über
John Jewitt (1783-1821), a blacksmith by trade, spent the years 1803-1806 as a slave among the Nuu-chah-nulth people of Nootka Sound, off the Pacific Coast of Vancouver Island, Canada, after the trading vessel on which he served as armorer was attacked and its crew murdered by the native tribal chief Maquinna. Maquinna spared Jewitt's life on condition that the Jewitt would be his slave, would repair his muskets and make daggers, knives, and fishing gear for him. Jewitt's memoir is a considered a major source of information about the customs of the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest. - Summary by Sue Anderson
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