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Title
The Ship Boston at Nootka Sound
Work Type
drawings (visual works)
prints (visual works)
Date
1803-03-22
Description
Jewitt, a young English blacksmith, was captured in March 1803 when the fur-trading brigantine Boston, moored in Nootka Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island, was attacked by men led by Maquinna from the village of Yuquot. Angered by a perceived insult, and frustrated by the ill-treatment they had long received from European traders, the villagers killed all but two of the crew. In return for his life, Jewitt agreed to be Maquinna’s slave and to forge daggers, knives, and other implements for his people.
Repository
Subcollection: Huntington Free Library
Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Archival Location: Huntington E87.J59 N15
Related Item
Exhibition: Vanished Worlds, Enduring People: Cornell University Library's Native American Collection. October 21 2005 – June 2, 2006.
ID Number
REX009_012
5416529
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