﻿WILLIAM 
  HEALEY 
  BALL 
  MERRIAM 
  565 
  

  

  Yukon 
  Eiver 
  from 
  the 
  coast 
  up 
  to 
  Fort 
  Yukon, 
  then 
  believed 
  to 
  be 
  

   on 
  or 
  near 
  the 
  international 
  boundary. 
  On 
  his 
  return 
  he 
  published 
  

   an 
  illustrated 
  volume 
  on 
  ''Alaska 
  and 
  its 
  Resources" 
  (1870), 
  com- 
  

   prising 
  upwards 
  of 
  600 
  pages 
  and 
  a 
  map, 
  which 
  for 
  many 
  years 
  

   remained 
  the 
  standard 
  authority 
  on 
  the 
  territory. 
  Professor 
  Baird, 
  

   appreciating 
  his 
  industry 
  and 
  talent, 
  promptly 
  took 
  him 
  into 
  the 
  

   fold 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution, 
  which, 
  except 
  during 
  absences 
  

   on 
  field 
  expeditions, 
  continued 
  to 
  be 
  his 
  headquarters 
  until 
  his 
  recent 
  

   fatal 
  illness. 
  

  

  From 
  1871 
  to 
  1874 
  Dall 
  was 
  captain 
  of 
  a 
  Coast 
  Survey 
  vessel 
  and 
  

   head 
  of 
  a 
  scientific 
  survey 
  of 
  the 
  Aleutian 
  Islands 
  and 
  adjacent 
  

   coasts, 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  which, 
  with 
  much 
  other 
  material, 
  were 
  embodied 
  

   in 
  a 
  quarto 
  volume 
  entitled 
  the 
  " 
  Pacific 
  Coast 
  Pilot, 
  Coasts 
  and 
  

   Islands 
  of 
  Alaska" 
  (1879), 
  prepared 
  jointly 
  by 
  himself 
  and 
  his 
  

   associate, 
  Marcus 
  Baker. 
  The 
  bibliography 
  by 
  Marcus 
  Baker 
  which 
  

   accompanied 
  it 
  contains 
  upwards 
  of 
  90 
  titles 
  of 
  articles 
  by 
  Dall 
  pub- 
  

   lished 
  prior 
  to 
  the 
  year 
  1879. 
  , 
  

  

  From 
  1880 
  till 
  his 
  death 
  he 
  was 
  an 
  honorary 
  curator 
  in 
  the 
  Na- 
  

   tional 
  Museum; 
  from 
  1884 
  to 
  1925 
  he 
  was 
  paleontologist 
  of 
  the 
  

   United 
  States 
  Geological 
  Survey; 
  from 
  1893 
  till 
  1927 
  he 
  held 
  the 
  

   chair 
  of 
  invertebrate 
  paleontology 
  in 
  the 
  Wagner 
  Institute 
  of 
  

   Science; 
  and 
  from 
  1899 
  to 
  1915 
  was 
  honorary 
  curator 
  of 
  the 
  Bishop 
  

   Museum, 
  Hawaii. 
  

  

  He 
  was 
  the 
  recipient 
  of 
  several 
  medals 
  and 
  honorary 
  degrees, 
  

   including 
  that 
  of 
  LL. 
  D. 
  

  

  In 
  1899 
  Dall 
  was 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  eminent 
  of 
  the 
  scientific 
  guests 
  

   of 
  the 
  late 
  E. 
  H. 
  Harriman 
  on 
  the 
  famous 
  and 
  unique 
  Harriman 
  

   Alaska 
  Expedition. 
  It 
  is 
  well 
  within 
  the 
  truth 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  in 
  view 
  of 
  

   the 
  vast 
  amount 
  of 
  work 
  done 
  by 
  Dall 
  during 
  his 
  13 
  previous 
  visits 
  

   to 
  Alaska 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  his 
  publications 
  on 
  the 
  geog- 
  

   raphy, 
  geology, 
  meteorology, 
  anthropology, 
  and 
  natural 
  history 
  of 
  

   the 
  territory, 
  his 
  knowledge 
  was 
  of 
  the 
  greatest 
  service, 
  while 
  his 
  

   genial 
  disposition 
  and 
  readiness 
  to 
  answer 
  multitudes 
  of 
  questions, 
  

   both 
  to 
  individual 
  members 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  evening 
  gatherings 
  in 
  the 
  

   cabin, 
  made 
  him 
  the 
  most 
  beloved 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  expedition. 
  To 
  

   the 
  series 
  of 
  13 
  volumes 
  on 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  the 
  research 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  

   voyage, 
  he 
  contributed 
  a 
  valued 
  article 
  on 
  the 
  " 
  Discovery 
  and 
  Ex- 
  

   ploration 
  of 
  Alaska 
  " 
  and 
  a 
  beautiful 
  and 
  touching 
  poem 
  on 
  the 
  

   Innuit 
  People. 
  

  

  Like 
  Baird, 
  under 
  whose 
  kindly 
  influence 
  many 
  j^ears 
  of 
  his 
  life 
  

   were 
  spent, 
  his 
  mind 
  was 
  a 
  treasure 
  house 
  of 
  information 
  in 
  

   various 
  fields 
  of 
  science, 
  geography, 
  exploration, 
  and 
  other 
  subjects, 
  

   and 
  although 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  busiest 
  men 
  in 
  the 
  world 
  he 
  gladly 
  gave 
  the 
  

   benefit 
  of 
  his 
  wide 
  knowledge 
  to 
  earnest 
  seekers 
  for 
  truth. 
  To 
  young 
  

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