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The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft (32); History of British Columbia. 1887
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft History of British Columbia 1887 - 32 Author:Hubert Howe Bancroft Volume: 32 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1887 Original Publisher: History Co. Subjects: Indians of North America Indians of Central America Pacific States Mexico Central America British Columbia History / Canada / General History / Latin America / Central America History / Latin Ameri... more »ca / Mexico History / Native American Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER II. GENERAL VIEW OF THE NORTHWEST COAST. Eastern Parallels -- Configuration Of North-western America -- BritIsh Columbia Coast -- Puget Sound -- Vancouver Island -- Quees Charlotte Islands -- Climatic Secticns Op The Mainland -- New Caledonia -- Heights Op Land -- The Columbia And Frasek Plateau Basin -- Skeena And Stikeen -- Oregon, Washington, And Idaho -- Northwest Coast Climates -- The Temperature Of Various LocalIties -- Fauna And Flora -- The Aborigines -- Attitudes Of The Fur- Traders And Settlers Toward The Natives -- Peaceful Regime Undeb The Great Monopoly -- Tub Chinook Jargon. Having thus sufficiently refreshed our memory as to the earliest appearance of Europeans in these parts, before proceeding in chronological order with the affairs of British Columbia, I do not regard it time lost to take a general survey of the condition of things at this juncture throughout the north Pacific slope; for although the careful reader of that part of this history entitled the Nortluvest Coaxt must have some knowledge of the present state of affairs, another glance, as at a picture of the whole, cannot fail to give a clearer and more lasting idea of the country at the beginning of what may be termed British Columbia history proper. California is...« less