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portant new linguistic material, he obtained a number of myths 
belonging chiefly to the Coyote cycle. This work was brought to a 
successful close towards the end of March. 
In the early part of June he went to Bay Center, Washington, 
where he was told could be found, still extant, some members of the 
Willapa tribe, an important branch of the Pacific group of the 
Fic. 80.—William Hartless, a Kalapuya Indian about 65 
years of age. Photograph from Frachtenberg. 
Athapascan family. Unfortunately, upon close investigation, these 
reported Willapas proved to belong to the Chehalis tribe of the 
Salish family, a circumstance that substantiated his previously ex- 
pressed belief that the Willapa Indians are entirely extinct. Upon his 
return to Siletz, Oregon, Dr. Frachtenberg began work on the Kala- 
puyan family, collecting linguistic notes and mythological material 
until the middle of September, when the work had to be discontinued 
for lack of funds. 
