John Long's Voyages and Travels in the Years 1768-1788 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from John Long's Voyages and Travels in the Years 1768-1788The second volume of our series of Early Western Travels is devoted to the reprint of John Long's Voyages and Travels of an Indian Interpreter and Trader, origi nally published in London in 1791.Concerning Long, but little is known further than what he himself relates in his book. Coming from England to North America in 1768, he passed nearly twenty years upon this continent, chie¿y consorting with the Indians learning their languages, wearing their garb, living their life. An expert woodsman, fur-trader, and explorer, he penetrated into regions north and west of Canada, that are still practically unexplored.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.