Captivity of Nearly Three Years Among the Savages of Nootka Sound

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Memoirs

Authors: John R. Jewitt In Year : 1815

Book Language: English

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A Blacksmith by Trade
As Armorer on the Ship "Boston"
Crew Murdered by King Maquinna
One Man Found Alive in the Hold
The Ship Burns; Starts a Journal
The Village of Nootka
Cooking, Dress, and Decoration
Canoes, Songs, Slavery
Neighboring Tribes
Winter Quarters
Ceremonial Tests of Fortitude
Haunted by the Ghosts of Murdered Sailors
Nootka Goes to War
Jewitt Forced to Marry and Adopt Native Dress
Jewitt Rejects His Native Wife
Rescue!
Home to Boston via Macau and Canton

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