Indians

indian n When the British warships assigned to the Labrador coast arrived on their stations at the beginning of the season of 1766, they found between _two and three hundred whaling vessels_ from the plantations, a great part of which were employed fishing for cod and carrying it over to the French...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1978
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/37324
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Summary:indian n When the British warships assigned to the Labrador coast arrived on their stations at the beginning of the season of 1766, they found between _two and three hundred whaling vessels_ from the plantations, a great part of which were employed fishing for cod and carrying it over to the French ships in Newfoundland; also destroying the fishing works belonging to the English fishers; firing the woods, and _doing every kind of mischief_ to prevent and dis- courage English adventurers from going to that coast; also in hunting and plun- dering the poor Indians on that coast.63 PRINTED ITEM W. Kirwin, 10/78 JH 10/78 Used I and Sup Used I 1 Not used ~ cup/-hurt/jug/-pea/-pear/pipe/salad/tea/vervine/whort/hurt/lock/meal/papoose/racket/spear/string, RED INDIAN Checked by Sarah Budgell oN Tue 17 Mar 2015