PREFACE.

D E D I C A T I O N.

NOTE.

CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION.

TEN YEARS AT SKOKOMISH. I. SKOKOMISH.

II. PRELIMINARY HISTORY.

III. EARLY RELIGIOUS TEACHING.

IV. SUBSEQUENT POLITICAL HISTORY.

V. THE FIELD AND WORK.

VI. DIFFICULTIES IN THE WAY OF RELIGIOUS WORK. ( a ) LANGUAGES.

VII. TEMPERANCE.

VIII. INDUSTRIES.

IX. TITLES TO THEIR LAND.

X. MODE OF LIVING.

XI. NAMES.

XII. EDUCATION.

XIII. THE FOURTH OF JULY.

XIV. CHRISTMAS.

XV. VARIETY.

XVI. MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE.

XVII. SICKNESS.

XVIII. FUNERALS.

XIX. THE CENSUS OF 1880.

XX. THE INFLUENCE OF THE WHITES.

XXI. THE CHURCH AT SKOKOMISH.

XXII. BIG BILL.

XXIII. DARK DAYS.

XXIV. LIGHT BREAKING.

XXV. THE FIRST BATTLE.

XXVI. THE VICTORY.

XXVII. RECONSTRUCTION.

XXVIII. JOHN FOSTER PALMER.

XXIX. M F .

XXX. DISCOURAGING CASES AND DISAPPOINTMENTS.

XXXI. THE CHURCH AT JAMESTOWN.

XXXII. COOK HOUSE BILLY.

XXXIII. LORD JAMES BALCH.

XXXIV. TOURING.

XXXV. THE BIBLE AND OTHER BOOKS.

XXXVI. BIBLE PICTURES.

XXXVII. THE SABBATH-SCHOOL.

XXXVIII. PRAYER MEETINGS.

XXXIX. INDIAN HYMNS.

XL. NATIVE MINISTRY AND SUPPORT.

XLI. TOBACCO.

XLII. SPICE.

XLIII. CURRANT JELLY.

XLIV. CONCLUSION.

TEN YEARS AT SKOKOMISH.

TEN   YEARS

OF

M I S S I O N A R Y   W O R K

AMONG   THE   INDIANS
AT
SKOKOMISH, WASHINGTON TERRITORY.
1874-1884.

By Rev. M. Eells,
Missionary of the American Missionary Association.

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