A narrative of the adventures and sufferings of John R. Jewitt, only survivor of the crew of the ship Boston, during a captivity of nearly three years among the savages of Nootka sound: with an account of the manners, mode of living, and religious opinions of the natives. Embellished with two plates ..

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OF THE
SUFFERINGSADVENTURES AND
OP
iJOHN JR. tTEWFITT^
O^LY SURVIVOR OF THE CREW OF THE
SHIP BOSTON,
DURING A CAPTIVITY OF NEARLY THREE YEARS
AMONG THE
SAVAGES OF NOOTKA SOUND:
WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE
MODE OF LIVING, ANDMJNNERS, RELIGIOUS
OPINIONS OF THE NATIVES.
•ne representing the Ship in possession the Savages, and theof
other Portrait the- Indian Maqtiina,a of Chief
** Dire scenes of horror on a savage shore,
** witness sad,In which, a a part I bore."
MIDDLETOWN:
PRINTED BY LOOMIS AND RICHARDS,
And Re-printed by Rojtland IIvrst, Wakefield;
BYAND FUBLISH£D THOMAS TFGG, CHEAPSIDE, LONDON; AND
SOLD BY ALL BOOKSELLERS^,-©fttrfct of Comtecttcttt, 0gr*
BE IT REMEMBERED; That
on the eighth day March^ in theafM
ikirty-nnth year the Independenceof
the United States America^of John R. Jewitt,of
the said District^ hath deposited in thisof office^
the title a Book, the right whereof he claimsof as
proprietor, in the insordsfollowing, to wit,
A narrative the adventures andof sufferings of
John R. Jezeitt; only survivor the crezo theof of
during a captivityship Boston, nearly threeof
years among the savages Nootka Sound: Withof
the manners,an account of mode living, andof
religious opinions the natives. Embellished withof
plates, representing the ship in possesiontwo theof
savages, and aportrait their chief, Maquina.of
*' Dire scenes of horror on a savage shore,
*' In which a witness sad, a part 1 bore."
Jn conformity to an act the Congress the'of of
"United States, entitled, An Act the encou-for
** ragement learning, by securing the copiesof
*' Maps, Charts, and Books, to the proprietorsof
*' such during timesoj copies, the therein men'
»< Honed:'
W. EDWARDS,HENRY
Clerk of the District of Connecticut.
examined and sealedA (rue copy ofrecoi'd, by me^
HExNRY W.EDWARDS,
Clerk of the District of Connecticut.JEnglish Reader.To the
The following very interesting work
many editions inhas passed through
and there can be no doubtAmerica,
but it will excite much sympathy in this
country ; more especially as the hero
of the narrative was a native of Great
Britain.
The editor of this edition received
the copy from the hands of Mr. Jewitt,
the author, at Middletown, in the State
of Connecticut, in which town he has
some time advantageouslybeen settled
in business, and at whose house the edi-
tor has spent many pleasant hours. His
incompanion misfortunes, Thompson,
on his arrival at immediatelyBoston,
went to Philadelphia, place.his native;
IT
where he was soon after taken ill and
died.
We have many books of fiction in
our language, which have been forages
read with much avidity by our youth
many of them, with all the aid of fiction,
certainly not equally interesting with
this well authenticated narrative.
Tn many parts the mode of expres-
might, perhaps,sion in the narrative,
been improved, but the editorhave
has thought it best for the author to
speak at all times for himself.OF
JOHN R.JEWITT.
WAS born in Boston,X a considerable borough
town in Lincolnshire, in Great-Britain, on the
21st of May, 1783. My father, Edward Jewitt,
trade a blacksmith,was by and esteemed among
the first in his line of business in that place. At
the age of three years I had the misfortune to lose
my mother, a most excellent woman, who died
in childbed, leaving an infant daughter, who, with
myself, and an elder brother by a former marriage
of my father, constituted the whole of our family.
father, who considered a good education asMy
the greatest blessing he could bestow on his child-
ren, was very particular in paying every atten-
tion to us in that respect, always exhorting us
well,to behave and endeavouring to impress on
our minds the principles of virtue and morality,
and no expense in his power was spared io have
us instructed in whatever might render us useful
and respectable in society. My brothet, who was
*
'Bthan myself and of a morefour years older hardy
destined for hiscoDsitution, he own trade, but
he had resolved to give an education supe-to me
which is to be obtained inrior to that a common
intention thatschool, it being his I should adopt
of the learned professions. Accordingly atone the
twelve he took me from the school inage of which
taught the first rudiments of learning,I had been
care ofplaced me under the Mr. Moses,and
teacher of an academy at Donnington,celebrateda
miles from Boston, in ordereleven to beabout
language,in the Latin and in some ofinstructed
branches of the Mathematics. I therethe higher
proficiency in writing,considerable teading,made
and obtained a pretty good know-and arithmetic,
navigation and of surveying; but myofledge
was slow, not only owingprogress in Latin to the
for learninginclination 1 felt that language,little
impediment in my speech, whicha naturalbut to
difficult for me to pronounceit extremelyrendered
time, with my father'sin a short con-so thatit,
the study.relinquishedwhollysent, I
at this place was the mostof my «tayThe period
preceptor, Mr. Moses, waslife. Myof myhappy
virtuous, benevolent,but aa learned,not only
byuniversally beloved his pu-man,amiableand
his instruction, and totook delight inwhopils,
proper amusement, that€veryhe allowedwhom
to their studies.with attentionconsisted

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