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    The native races of North America / edited by W. H. Withrow.

    • Title:The native races of North America / edited by W. H. Withrow.
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    • Author/Creator:Withrow, W. H. (William Henry), 1839-1908.
    • Other Contributors/Collections:Crosby, Thomas, 1840-1914
    • Published/Created:Toronto : William Briggs, 1895.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Indians of North America--Social life and customs.
      Indians of North America--Missions--Canada.
    • Description:200 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
    • Additional formats:Available also online.
    • Local note:UBC Library has a copy inscribed to Thomas Crosby by the author; with manuscript annotations by Crosby.
    • Contents:The mound-builders
      The cliff-dwellers
      Indian characteristics
      Indian reserves
      The Prairies
      The fur trade
      Canoe life
      Indian missions
      Winter travel
      Fate of the Red Man
      Winnipeg
      Through the North-West
      Pacific Coast Indians
      Burial rites
      Scalping
      Wampum
      Mission work
      Potlach
      Rev. George McDougall
      Sun dance
      Indian poverty
      Indian schools
      How Indians treat the aged
      Christianity and the Sioux
      North-West Missions
      The song of Hiawatha
      Missions in Labrador
      Mission boat "Evangelist"
      Mission life in the Far North
      The Hudson's Bay Company
      Pakan, the Indian chief
      Indian missions in British Columbia: Fort Simpson Mission; Sabbath-keeping Indians; Naas River Mission; Rev Thomas Crosby; The "Glad tidings".
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