Mowry, William Augustus, 1829-1917, Mowry, Arthur May, 1862- joint author · New York, Boston [etc.] Silver, Burdett and company · leaf 200
d on the shores of the Pacific Ocean, especially near PugetSound. These Western boats were frequently of great size,some on the Alaskan coast being ninety feet in length andpropelled by forty paddles. The Indians had found thesedugouts very serviceable, and as the European colonists beganto travel… … A BIKCH-BARK CANOE. strong framework covered by bark or skins. That used bythe Esquimaux was of sealskin stretched over whalebone.But the more common form was the Indian birch-bark canoe,which rapidly became very popular among the colonial hun-ters and trappers. No better description of the birch…
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