"The voyages of Cook and Vancouver heralded a vast influx ofirrepressible white men.... They brought with them their morals,ideologies, knowledge, technology, plants and animals. They alsobrought diseases, rum and guns....powers to build and powers todestroy." Until the 1700's, the Northwest Coast of North America stoodlargely apart from the civilized world. Formidable mountain barriersand remoteness from Atlantic sea lanes kept the territory outside...
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