| Author | Harmon, Daniel Williams, 1778-1845.
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| Title | 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 ... 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 ... 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.
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| Published | Andover : Printed by Flagg and Gould., 1820.
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| Description | 432 p., [2] p. of plates (1 folded) : ill., map ; 21 cm.
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| General Note | "Preface, by the editor.", p. [v]-xxiii, signed: Daniel Haskel.
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| Formatted Note | Contents: Journal (p. [25]-273) -- 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]-403) -- A specimen of the Tacully or Carrier tongue (p. 403-[413]) -- A concise account of the principal animals (p. [415]-432).
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| Cit./Ref. Note | References: Wagner-Camp-Becker 17; Graff Coll. 1786; Sabin 30404; Pilling, J.C. Bibl. Algonquian lang., p. 222; Streeter Americana 3692.
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| Subjects | Carrier language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
Cree language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
Imprints, Early -- American -- To 1820.
Indians of North America -- Canada.
Northwest, Canadian -- Description and travel -- To 1821.
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| Other Authors | Haskel, Daniel, 1784-1848.
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| LC Card Number | 02-10638 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: F 1060.7 H288 Vault
mq100301: Rare book room, LC class, restricted access [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
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