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Toronto. [ 1914]. xiv,403pp. plus illustrations. Frontispiece portrait. 12mo. Original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine gilt. Boards lightly rubbed. Ownership signatures on front fly leaf. Near fine. Item #WRCAM31093
Thomas Crosby, a Methodist missionary, records his experiences among the Indian tribes of British Columbia and in Alaska, beginning in 1871. Includes several photographs of natives, Christian and heathen. "Crosby served at Nanaimo, followed William Duncan at Fort Simpson, and was at Wrangell in 1876" - Ricks. He also visited the Naas Mission, and Bella Bella, or Fort McLachlan, the site of the Hudson's Bay Company fort. LOWTHER 1611. RICKS, p.75. TOURVILLE 1128.
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