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Three years in Cariboo : being the experience and observations of a packer, what I saw and know of the country; its traveled routes, distances, villages, mines, trade and prospects. With distances, notes and facts, relative to the Salmon River and Nez Perces gold fields Lindley, Jo.

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"On cover: Guide and history of Salmon River & Cariboo mining districts, containing valuable information, with correct tables of modes and prices of traveling; also giving the distances from point to point, of all routes. Vocabulary of the Chinook jargon: p. 32-36. An itinerary of the routes from Victoria to the Cariboo is given in pages 3-14." -- Lowther, B. J., & Laing, M. (1968). A bibliography of British Columbia: Laying the foundations, 1849-1899. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 21.

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Title	Three years in Cariboo : being the experience and observations of a packer, what I saw and know of the country; its traveled routes, distances, villages, mines, trade and prospects. With distances, notes and facts, relative to the Salmon River and Nez Perces gold fields
Creator	Lindley, Jo.
Contributor	Olney, T. R.
Publisher	San Francisco : A. Rosenfield; San Francisco : Towne & Bacon
Date Issued	1862
Description	"On cover: Guide and history of Salmon River & Cariboo mining districts, containing valuable information, with correct tables of modes and prices of traveling; also giving the distances from point to point, of all routes. Vocabulary of the Chinook jargon: p. 32-36. An itinerary of the routes from Victoria to the Cariboo is given in pages 3-14." -- Lowther, B. J., & Laing, M. (1968). A bibliography of British Columbia: Laying the foundations, 1849-1899. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 21.
Extent	36 pages : advertisements ; 14 cm
Subject	Gold mines and mining--British Columbia; Chinook jargon--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc; Cariboo Forest Region (B.C.)
Genre	Pamphlets; Dictionaries; Correspondence
Type	Text
File Format	application/pdf
Language	English ; Chinook jargon
Notes	Photostatic of original. Other Copies: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/85747420
Identifier	F5823.31 .L5; I-0174
Collection	British Columbia Historical Books Collection
Source	Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. F5823.31 .L5
Date Available	2015-06-12
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Images provided for research and reference use only. For permission to publish, copy, or otherwise distribute these images please contact digital.initiatives@ubc.ca.
Catalogue Record	http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=1587195
AIPUUID	67b3634a-bbbd-43cf-8db7-3b3c1cc75e24
DOI	10.14288/1.0222132
Aggregated Source Repository	CONTENTdm

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Images provided for research and reference use only. For permission to publish, copy, or otherwise distribute these images please contact digital.initiatives@ubc.ca.