The adventures and sufferings of John R. Jewitt, only survior 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 / [John Rodgers Jewitt].

  • Jewitt, John R. (John Rodgers), 1783-1821.
Date:
1824
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Credit: The adventures and sufferings of John R. Jewitt, only survior 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 / [John Rodgers Jewitt]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ‘suade him to give up this plan, and learn me his own trade, that he at last consented. More fortunate would it probably have been for me, had I gratified the wishes of this affectionate parent, in adopting the profession he had chosen for me, than thus to have induced him to sacrifice them to mine. However it might have been, I was at length introduced into the shop, and my natural turn of mind correspond- ing with the employment, I became in a short time uncommonly expert at the work to which I was set. I now felt myself well contented, pleased with my occupation, and treated with much affection by my father, and kindness by my step-mother, my father having once more entered the state of matrimony, with a widow much younger than himself, who had been brought up in a superior manner, and was an amiable and sensible woman. About a year after I had commenced this appren- ticeship, my father, finding that he could carry on his business to more advantage in Hull, removed thither with his family; an event of no little im- portance to me, as it, in a great measure, influenced my future destiny. Hull being one of the best ports in England, and a place of great trade, my father had there full employment for his numerous work-