Project Gutenberg 2011-11-14 Public domain in the USA. 194 Jewitt, John Rodgers 1783 1821 Brown, Robert 1842 1895 01001306 The Adventures of John Jewitt Only Survivor of the Crew of the Ship Boston During a Captivity of Nearly Three Years Among the Indians of Nootka Sound in Vancouver Island Reading ease score: 54.6 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. E-text prepared by Moti Ben-Ari and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org) "The Adventures of John Jewitt" by John Rodgers Jewitt is a historical account written in the early 19th century. The book narrates the gripping tale of John Jewitt, who was the only survivor of the crew of the ship Boston following its capture by the Nootka Indians in Canada. Drawing on his experiences during nearly three years of captivity, Jewitt chronicles his interactions with the indigenous tribes, the threats they posed, and his eventual escape. The opening of the narrative introduces Jewitt's journey, beginning with his background in England and his decision to sail to America aboard the Boston. Upon entering Nootka Sound, Jewitt and his crew encounter the local inhabitants and engage in trade, unaware of the violent turn their fate will take. Tensions arise quickly, and after a series of miscommunications and unintentional insults, Jewitt witnesses the brutal massacre of his crewmates as the Nootka people take control of the ship. This shocking event sets the stage for Jewitt's survival and later reflections on the complexities of his captors and the harsh realities of his situation. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Indian captivities Nootka Indians Nootka Sound (B.C.) F1001 Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American 498521 498311 2024-10-16T06:24:07.454769 2023-09-16T12:27:16.310153 text/html text/html 497012 2011-11-13T23:23:49 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1300912 2011-11-13T23:28:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1431902 2024-10-16T06:24:20.618740 application/epub+zip 1431938 2024-10-16T06:24:11.951745 application/epub+zip 253113 2024-10-16T06:24:10.119754 application/epub+zip 1675475 2024-10-16T06:24:26.597679 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1625482 2024-10-16T06:24:18.783725 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 338388 2022-09-17T11:19:27.202098 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 407481 2024-10-16T06:24:06.002747 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 407067 2011-11-13T23:19:44 text/plain; charset=utf-8 154289 2011-11-13T23:19:44 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 407332 2011-11-13T23:19:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 154358 2011-11-13T23:19:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 407371 2011-11-13T23:19:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 154315 2011-11-13T23:19:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23357 2024-10-16T06:24:26.763651 application/rdf+xml 15989 2024-10-16T06:24:10.730736 image/jpeg 3940 2024-10-16T06:24:10.423728 image/jpeg 1389113 2024-10-16T06:24:07.555809 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog