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Adventures of the first settlers on the Oregon or Columbia River : being a narrative of the expedition fitted out by John Jacob Astor, to establish the 'Pacific Fur Company' ; with an account of some Indian tribes on the coast of the Pacific, by Alexander Ross, one of the adventurers Ross, Alexander, 1783-1856

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"Includes vocabularies of the Chinook language and the Chinook jargon. Chapters 18-21 concern the Okanagan Indians."-- Strathern, G. M., & Edwards, M. H. (1970). Navigations, traffiques & discoveries, 1774-1848: A guide to publications relating to the area now British Columbia. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 253.

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Title	Adventures of the first settlers on the Oregon or Columbia River : being a narrative of the expedition fitted out by John Jacob Astor, to establish the 'Pacific Fur Company' ; with an account of some Indian tribes on the coast of the Pacific, by Alexander Ross, one of the adventurers
Alternate Title	Adventures of the first settlers on the Oregon or Columbia River
Creator	Ross, Alexander, 1783-1856
Publisher	London : Smith, Elder and Co.
Date Issued	1849
Description	"Includes vocabularies of the Chinook language and the Chinook jargon. Chapters 18-21 concern the Okanagan Indians."-- Strathern, G. M., & Edwards, M. H. (1970). Navigations, traffiques & discoveries, 1774-1848: A guide to publications relating to the area now British Columbia. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 253.
Extent	352 pages : tables, map (folded) ; 21 cm
Subject	Pacific Fur Company; Indians of North America--Northwest, Pacific; Astoria (Or.)--History; Northwest, Pacific--History; Oregon Territory--History
Genre	Books; Travel literature
Type	Text
File Format	application/pdf
Language	English ; Chinook jargon
Notes	Includes errata. Other Copies: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80311479
Identifier	F880 .R812 1849; II-0475
Collection	British Columbia Historical Books Collection
Source	Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. F880 .R812 1849
Date Available	2016-03-02
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=1009793
DOI	10.14288/1.0225981
Aggregated Source Repository	CONTENTdm

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