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, a distance of about 5,000 miles, 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, their manners, customs, laws, religion, etc. 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

Title Variants

Alternative: Harmon's journal

By

Harmon, Daniel Williams, 1778-1843

Haskel, Daniel, 1784-1848

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Andover Printed by Flagg and Gould 1820

Notes

"Preface, by the editor", p. [v]-xxiii, signed: Daniel Haskel.

Portrait frontispiece signed: Schroeder del., Leney sc.

Errata slip.

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).

Sabin | 30404

Pilling, J.C. Bibl. Algonquian lang., | p. 222

Subjects

Canada , Carrier language , Cree language , Description and travel , Glossaries, vocabularies, etc , Indians of North America , Northwest, Canadian

Call Number

F1060.7 .H28

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.82391
LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/02010638
OCLC: 1284950