Sold by William Reese Company, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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A scarce volume with valuable information on Vancouver Island Indians, including an alphabetical list of words from the Aht language used by Indians on the west coast of the island. The author, a Scotsman, trained for the Civil Service but arrived in British Columbia in 1860 with two shiploads of sawmill equipment. After holding various official posts, he retired to Victoria. "Add[s] largely to our sources of knowledge of aboriginal manners" - Field. "An interesting account of Indian life on the west coast of Vancouver Island, where Malcolm Sproat was a justice of the peace and magistrate from 1863 to 1865" - Lowther. ".Includes account of the massacre of the crew of the 'Boston' at Nootka, in 1803" - Howes. FIELD 1477. GRAFF 3936. HOWES S858, "aa." PILLING, PROOF-SHEETS 3716. LOWTHER 313. SABIN 89910. Lithographic frontis. Original cloth, rebacked with original gilt backstrip preserved. Minor soiling to cloth. Else quite a clean, very good copy.
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