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Edward S. Curtis’s
The North American Indian

portfolio 11 plate no. 386 At Nootka - photogravure plate

Portfolio plate no. 386

Title

At Nootka

Curtis Caption

The canoe is floating on the waters of Boston cove, where in 1803 the trading ship Boston was taken and burned by the Mooachaht Indians, and the entire crew killed except John Jewitt and John Thompson, who were held as slaves by the chief for three years. Jewitt's brief account of his captivity is one of our most interesting records of life among the Indians.

Creator

Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952

Physical Description

1 photogravure : brown ink ; 45 x 26 cm [plate size]
Original photogravure produced in Boston by John Andrew & Son

Date of Original

1915

Source

The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.11, The Nootka. The Haida ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1916), plate no. 386

Relation

Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
Digital reproduction of the photomechanical print

Digital I.D.

cp11022

Rights

For educational, non-commercial use only. Written permission required for any reproduction beyond fair use. Credit: Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian," 2003.
http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/

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