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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE 



Zjells (M.) — Continued. 



1876, before the aliuuni in 1890, and preached 

 the baccalaureate sermon in 1886. In 1888 he 

 was chosen trustee of Whitman College, Wash- 

 ington, delivered the commencement address 

 there in 1888, and received the degree of D.D. 

 from that institution in 1890. In 1888 he was 

 elected its financial secretary, and in 1891 was 

 aslied to become president of the institution, 

 but declined both. 



He was elected an associate member of the 

 Victoria Institute of London in 1881, and a 

 corresponding member of the Anthropological 

 Society at Washington in 1885, to both of wliich 

 societies he lias furnished papers wliich have 

 been published by them. He was also elected 

 vice-president of the Whitman Historical 

 Society at Wallawalla in 1889. From 1874 to 

 1886 he was clerk of the Congregational Asso- 

 ciation of Oregon and W^ashington. 



Mr. Eells at present (1893) holds the position 

 of superintendent of the department of ethnol- 

 ogy for the State of AVashington at the Worhl's 

 Columbian Exposition. 



Emmons (George Falconer). Eepliesto 

 iuquiiies re.specting the Indian tribes 

 of Oregon and California. By George 

 Falconer Emmons, U. S. N. 



In Schoolcraft (H. R.), Indian Tribes, vol. 3. 

 pp. 200-225, Philadelphia, 1853, 4°. 



Vocabulary of the Clatsop dialect (about 40 

 words), pp. 223-224. 



" Many words in this language, I piesume, 

 are common to the Chinook language, and per- 

 hap.s to the Chickeelis and Kilamukes, who mix 

 with and appear to understand each other." 



Fverette {Br. Willis Eugene). Compar- 

 ative literal translation of the " Lord's 

 Prayer" in the T^;lduk or Chinook Jar- 

 gon with English. (*) 



Manuscript; recorded " from personal 

 knowledge of the language. Written at (Jh il- 

 eal, Alaska, 1884. Corrected word by word by 

 Sitka and Chilcat Indians." 



Comparative literal translation of 



the Ten Commandments in the T<|!Tnuk 

 or Chinook .1 argon with English. (*) 



Manuscript ; recorded ' ' from personal 

 knowledge of the language. A\'ritten at Pyra- 

 mid Harbor, Alaska, in May, 1884, and cor- 

 leeted word by word liy repeating to Chilcat, 

 Sitka, and British Columbia Indians until they 

 were thoi-oughly satisfied with each word and 

 its meaning, as well as a full understanding of 

 each sentence." 



A Dictionary of the Language of the 



"Klinkit"(Klingi't) or Chikat Indians 

 of Alaska, together witli that of the 

 T^;iiiuk, or Chinook Trade Jargon used 

 on the North American Pacific Coast 

 compared with English. (*) 



Everette (W. E.) — Continued. 



Manuscript; 1,000 words, alphabetically 

 arranged. Kecorded " from personal knowledge 

 of the language, and corrected word by word 

 by the Indian trader, Mr. Dickinson, and 

 Chilcat and Sitka Indians, during April, 1884, 

 at Pyramid Harbor, Alaska. ' 



Titles and notes concerning the above maini- 

 scripts furnished by the author. 



Hymn in tht; Chinook Jargon as 



sung by the Indians of Lake Chelau, 

 Washington territory, U. S. A. 



Manuscript, 1 leaf, 4°, in the library of the 

 Bureau of Ethnology. 



The hymn, which is written in black ink, is 

 accompanied by an English interlinear trans- 

 lation in red. 



The Lord's Prayer | in | Chinook 



Jargon | as spoken by the Indian Tribes 

 that live on the Pacific coast of West- 

 ern Oregon, U. S. A. 



Manuscript, 1 leaf, 4°, in the library of the 

 Bureau of Ethnology. 



The prayer in Jargon is written in black, 

 with an English interlinear translation in red. 



The two last mentioned manuscripts were 

 transmitted to the Bureau of Ethnology from 

 the Yakama Indian xVgency, August 15, 1883. 



From notes kindly furnished me by the sub- 

 ject of this sketch, 1 have compiled the follow- 

 ing: 



l)r. AVillis Eugene Everette was born in 

 Brooklyn, New York, in 1855. He was placed 

 under the care of tutors at an early age, and 

 when his jjarents died, at the close of the war, 

 he began to plan for bis own education and 

 future life work. After eight years of study 

 under private tutors and in various schools of 

 learning, he resolved to attempt to investigate 

 the origin of the aboriginal races of North 

 America. He went direct into the field among 

 the Indians of the western shores of Hudson 

 Bay, where he wintered. Here he began study- 

 ing the languages, manners, and customs of the 

 Cree, Athaba.sca, and Chippewa. Thence he 

 JourneyedaniongsttheSaulteux, Blood, Piegan, 

 and Blackfeet; the Sioux, Gros-Ventres, Man- 

 dan, Assinilioine, and Crow; the Paiute and 

 Klamatli people ; the Rogue River, Alzea, and 

 Siletz Indians; the Umatilla and Nez Perce 

 people; the Klikitat and Yakima tribes; the 

 Indians of Puget Sound; thence up along the 

 British Columbia coast to Chilcat, Alaska, 

 where theTlinkit, Sbeetkah, and other Alaskan 

 races were found ; thence across the main 

 range of Alaska into the headwaters of the 

 Yukon Ri\er, and down the Yukon throughout 

 the iuteiior of ^Vlaska to the Arctic sea coast, 

 .among the Kutcha-Kutchin, Kviclipatshi, and 

 Yukoniyut people, of tlie valley of the Yukon 

 River and seacoast of Norton Sound ; and, 

 finally, down to the Aleutian Archipelago, 

 among the Aleuts of Unalaska, thus com- 

 pletiug a chain of investigation from the 



