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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE 



Eells (M.) — Coutinued. 



1876, before the alumni in 1890, and preached 

 the baccalaureate sermon in 1886. In 1888 he 

 was chosen trustee of Whitman College, Wash- 

 ington, delivered tlie coinmencement address 

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

 from that institution in 1890. In 1888 he was 

 elected its tinaucial secretary, and iu 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 l)oth of wliich 

 societies he has furnished papers wliich have 

 been published by them. He was also elected 

 vice-president of the Whitman Historical 

 Society at Wallawalla in 1889. From 1H74 to 

 1886 he was clerk of the Congregational Asso- 

 ciation of Oregon and Wasliington. 



Mr. Eells at present (1893) holds the position 

 of superintendent of the department of etlinol- 

 ogy for the State of Washington at the World's 

 Columbian Exposition. 



Emmons (George Falconer) . Replies to 

 inquiiies respecting 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- 

 haps to the Cliickeelis and Kilamukes, who mix 

 with and appear to understand each otlier.'' 



Everette (Dr. Willis Eugene). Compar- 

 ative literal translation of the " Lord's 

 Prayer" in the T^iluuk or Chinook Jar- 

 gon with English. (*) 



Manuscript; recorded " from personal 

 knowledge of the language. Written at Chil- 

 cat, Alaska, 1884. Corrected word by word by 

 Sitka and Chilcat Indians." 



Comparative literal translation of 



the Ten Conniiaudments in the lY4iiuk 

 or Chinook .Jargon with English. (*) 



Manuscript; recorded "from personal 

 knowledge of the language. Written at Pyra- 

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

 rected word by word Ijy repeating to Chilcat, 

 Sitka, and British Columbia Indians until tliey 

 were thoroughly satisfied with each word .and 

 its meaning, as well as a full iiuderstanding of 

 each sentence." 



A Dictionary of the Language of the 



"Kliukit"(Klirigrt) or Chilcat Indians 

 of Alaska, together with that of the 

 lY^iiiiik, or Chinook Trade Jargon used 

 on the Noi'th American Pacitic Ci)ast 

 compared with English. (*) 



Everette (W. E.) — Continued. 



Manuscript; 1,000 words, alphabetically 

 arranged. Recorded " from personal knowledge 

 of the language, and corrected word by word 

 by tlie Indian trader, Mr. Dickinson, and 

 Chilcat and Sitka Indians, during A]iril, 1884, 

 at Pyramid Hailior. Alaska.' 



Tithes and notes coiicirning tlie above manu- 

 scripts furuishcil liv the author. 



Hymn iu thi^ Chinook Jargon as 



sung by the Indians of Lake Chelan, 

 Washington territory, U. S. A. 



Manuscript,! 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 iu 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 libriiry of the 

 Bureau of Ethnology. 



The prayer iu Jargon is written iu black, 

 with an English interlinear translation in led. 



The two last mentioned mauuscripts were 

 transmitted to the Bureau of Ethnology from 

 the Yakama ludian Agency, August 15, 1883. 



From notes kindly furnished me by thi- sub- 

 ject of this sketch, I have compiled the follow- 

 ing: 



Dr. Willis Eugene Everette was born in 

 Brooklyn, New York, in 1855. He was placed 

 under the care of tvitors at an early age, and 

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

 he began to plan for his own education and 

 future life work. After eight years of study 

 under private tutors and in various schools of 

 learning, lie resolved to attempt to investigate 

 the origin of the aboriginal races of North 

 America. He went direct into the lield 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, Athabasca, and Chippewa. Thence he 

 journeyed amongst the Saidteux, Blood, Piegan. 

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

 dan, Assiniboiue, and Crow; the Paiute and 

 Klamath people ; the Rogue River, Alzea, and 

 Silctz Indians; the Umatilla and Nez Perce 

 people; the Klikitat and Yakima tribes; the 

 Indians of Piiget Sound: thence up along the 

 British Columbia coast to Chilcat, Alaska, 

 where theTliukit, Sheetkah, and other Alaskan 

 races were found ; tiience across the main 

 range of Alaska into the headwaters of the 

 Yukon River, and down the Yukon throughout 

 the inteiior of Alaska to the Ai'ctic sea coast, 

 among the Kut<ha-Kutchin, Kvichpatshi, and 

 Yiikoniyut peojile, of the valley of the Y'ukon 

 River and seacoast of Nortou Sound; and, 

 finally, down to the Aleutian Archipelago, 

 among the Aleuts of Uualaska, thus com- 

 pletiug a chain of investigation from the 



