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Shaman and Kushtaka, both struck terror in the hearts of the Tlingit and Haida, for both possessed frightening supernatural powers. Among the Natives of the Pacific Northwest Coast, the shaman was honored as a person who could heal the body and spirit as well as see into the future. In his struggles to protect his people, he fought the kushtaka, an evil spirit being that is half-human, half-otter, and is capable of living both on land and under water....
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American exploration and travel volume 20
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University of Oklahoma Pressm
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[1956]
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Alexander Ross offers a completely authentic account of the earliest attempts by men of European background to come to grips with the climate, geography, and inhabitants of the Northwest at a time when resourcefulness and daring were prime virtues. It offers, moreover, an on-the-scene interpretation of the conflict between American and British interests, their rivalry for the vast wealth in Northwest furs, the conflict between free trade and corporate...
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Caxton Printers
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1949
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English
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Among the fur traders who headed to Fort Astoria at the mouth of the Columbia was Ross Cox who arrived in 1812, and left in 1817. He kept a journal of these years. Appearing in this volume as a companion, is the journal of Alexander Ross, author, and servant of three fur companies. Both accounts were published many years ago. They are here presented in a simplified form by Cecil Dryden. -- amazon.com.
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