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Volume: 32General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1887Original Publisher: History Co.Subjects: Indians of North AmericaIndians of Central AmericaPacific StatesMexicoCentral AmericaBritish ColumbiaHistory / Canada / GeneralHistory / Latin America / Central AmericaHistory / Latin America / MexicoHistory / Native AmericanSocial Science / Ethnic Studies / Native American StudiesNotes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free.Excerpt: CHAPTER II.GENERAL VIEW OF THE NORTHWEST COAST.Eastern Parallels -- Configuration Of North-western America -- BritIsh Columbia Coast -- Puget Sound -- Vancouver Island -- Quees Charlotte Islands -- Climatic Secticns Op The Mainland -- New Caledonia -- Heights Op Land -- The Columbia And Frasek Plateau Basin -- Skeena And Stikeen -- Oregon, Washington, And Idaho -- Northwest Coast Climates -- The Temperature Of Various LocalIties -- Fauna And Flora -- The Aborigines -- Attitudes Of The Fur- Traders And Settlers Toward The Natives -- Peaceful Regime Undeb The Great Monopoly -- Tub Chinook Jargon.Having thus sufficiently refreshed our memory as to the earliest appearance of Europeans in these parts, before proceeding in chronological order with the affairs of British Columbia, I do not regard it time lost to take a general survey of the condition of things at this juncture throughout the north Pacific slope; for although the careful reader of that part of this history entitled the Nortluvest Coaxt must have some knowledge of the present state of affairs, another glance, as at a picture of the whole, cannot fail to give a clearer and more lasting idea of the country at the beginning of what may be termed British Columbia history proper.California is... ... Read more

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Leather cover on spine and ends, gold leaf text spine, hand marble pages & cover, vol XXXII, 1792-1887, pg-791 ... Read more

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Sheriffs working in the courts of British Columbia hold theoldest position of authority within our justice system. The office of the sheriff datesback to Britain's Saxon era when he was the king's chief administrator and officerwithin a bailiwick and had the power to act as constable, judge, jailer, executioner andcoroner. Since that time, all of his jurisdictional duties have evolved into separateoffices of authority except for the sheriff's principle mandate to serve as a courtofficer for the Crown.

This ancient office was one of theearliest government posts established within the Colony of Vancouver Island and precededthe appointment of the first colonial police force. Since then, little has been writtenabout British Columbia's sheriffs and the information that exists is scatteredthroughout a variety of archival sources. That is, until now.

David Smith's extensively cited historical account of the sheriff in British Columbiatook him more than twenty years to research and features portraits of the early countysheriffs and a collector's reference to the uniforms, badges and insignia of thesheriff. One chapter alone is devoted to capital punishment, as it was the sheriff'sduty to carry out all court orders including hanging anyone condemned to death. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Chapters: Volcanic history of the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province, Anahim hotspot, Coast Range Arc, Tagish Lake, 773 Irmintraud, Cyathea cranhamii, 1985 Nahanni earthquakes, Volcanism of Western Canada, Fraser Plateau and Basin complex, British Columbia Mainland Coastal Forests, Intermontane Islands, Bridge River Ash, Omineca Arc, Bridge River Ocean,. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 66. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The volcanic history of the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province presents a record of volcanic activity in northwestern British Columbia, central Yukon and the U.S. state of easternmost Alaska. The volcanic activity lies in the northern part of the Western Cordillera of the Pacific Northwest region of North America. Extensional cracking of the North American Plate in this part of North America has existed for millions of years. Continuation of this continental rifting has fed scores of volcanoes throughout the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province over at least the past 20 million years (see Geology of the Pacific Northwest) and occasionally continued into geologically recent times. Eruptive activity in the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province throughout its 20 million year history has been mainly the production of alkaline lavas, including alkaline basalts. A range of alkaline rock types not commonly found in the Western Cordillera are regionally widespread in the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province. These include nephelinite, basanite and peralkaline phonolite, trachyte and comendite lavas. The trachyte and comendite lavas are understood to have been created by fractionation of mainly alkali basalt magma in crustal reservoirs. An area of continental rifting, such as the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province, would aid the formation of high-level reserv...http://booksllc.net/?id=25498415 ... Read more