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A journal of voyages and travels in the interiour of North America : between the 47th and 58th degrees of north latitude, extending from Montreal nearly to the Pacific Ocean, a distance of about 5,000 miles, including an account of the principal occurrences, during a residence of nineteen years, in different parts of the country. To which are added, a concise description of the face of the country, its inhabitants, their manners, customs, laws, religion, etc. and considerable specimens of the two languages, most extensively spoken; together with an account of the principal animals, to be found in the forests and prairies of this extensive region. Illustrated by a map of the country / By Daniel Williams Harmon, a partner in the North West Company.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Am 1820 Har LCP Old HSP Oe 2298
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harmon, Daniel Williams, 1778-1843 20701
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--Canada--74156.
- Indians of North America.
- Cree language--70593.
- Cree language.
- Carrier language--69191.
- Carrier language.
- Northwest, Canadian--Description and travel--77120.
- Northwest, Canadian.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, [1], [25]-432 p. : 1 fold. map, port. ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Andover : Printed by Flagg and Gould, 1820.
- Contents:
- Character of the Canadian voyagers, p. [275]-277
- An account of the Indians living west of the Rocky Mountain, p. [279]-310
- A general account of the Indians on the east side of the Rocky mountain, p. [311]-383
- A specimen of the Cree or Knisteneux tongue, p. [385]-401
- Numerical terms of the Crees of Knisteneux, p. [402]-403
- A specimen of the Tacully or Carrier tongue, p. 403-412
- The numerical terms of the Tacullies, p. [413]
- A concise account of the principal animals which are found in the North Western part of North America, p. [415]-432.
- Notes:
- First edition.
- "Preface, by the editor," p. [v]-xxiii, signed: Daniel Haskel.
- Signatures: 1-54[superscript 4].
- Local Notes:
- Retrospective conversion record: RLIN.
- HSP in LCP.
- Recon note: call number : unreadable?
- Cited in:
- Wagner-Camp, 17.
- Wagner-Camp-Becker, 17
- Graff Coll., 1786
- Sabin, 30404
- Pilling, J.C. Bibl. Algonquian lang., p. 222
- Streeter Americana, 3692
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