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Ten Years of Missionary Work

Ten Years of Missionary Work

by Myron Eells

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Author
Eells, Myron, 1843-1907
Title
Ten years of missionary work among the Indians at Skokomish, Washington Territory, 1874-1884
Credits
Produced by Larry B. Harrison, Bryan Ness, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
E011: History: America: America
Subject
Skokomish Indian Reservation (Wash.)
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 56100
Release Date
December 1, 2017
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.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.
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.D E D I C A T I O N.
  4. 4.NOTE.
  5. 5.CONTENTS.
  6. 6.INTRODUCTION.
  7. 7.I. SKOKOMISH.
  8. 8.II. PRELIMINARY HISTORY. — A WAR INCIDENT.
  9. 9.III. EARLY RELIGIOUS TEACHING.
  10. 10.IV. SUBSEQUENT POLITICAL HISTORY.
  11. 11.V. THE FIELD AND WORK.
  12. 12.VI. DIFFICULTIES IN THE WAY OF RELIGIOUS WORK. — ( a ) LANGUAGES. — ( b ) THEIR RELIGION. — CHEHALIS JACK. — ELLEN GRAY. — ( c ) BESETTING SINS.
  13. 13.VII. TEMPERANCE.
  14. 14.VIII. INDUSTRIES.
  15. 15.IX. TITLES TO THEIR LAND.
  16. 16.X. MODE OF LIVING.
  17. 17.XI. NAMES.
  18. 18.XII. EDUCATION. — CORRECTING THOMSON’S PRACTICAL ARITHMETIC.
  19. 19.XIII. THE FOURTH OF JULY. — THE FOURTH OF JULY ON SKOKOMISH RESERVATION.
  20. 20.XIV. CHRISTMAS.
  21. 21.XV. VARIETY.
  22. 22.XVI. MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE.
  23. 23.XVII. SICKNESS.
  24. 24.XVIII. FUNERALS. — THE DEATH OF SKAGIT BILL.
  25. 25.XIX. THE CENSUS OF 1880.
  26. 26.XX. THE INFLUENCE OF THE WHITES.
  27. 27.XXI. THE CHURCH AT SKOKOMISH.
  28. 28.XXII. BIG BILL.
  29. 29.XXIII. DARK DAYS.
  30. 30.XXIV. LIGHT BREAKING.
  31. 31.XXV. THE FIRST BATTLE.
  32. 32.XXVI. THE VICTORY.
  33. 33.XXVII. RECONSTRUCTION.
  34. 34.XXVIII. JOHN FOSTER PALMER.
  35. 35.XXIX. M——F——.
  36. 36.XXX. DISCOURAGING CASES AND DISAPPOINTMENTS.
  37. 37.XXXI. THE CHURCH AT JAMESTOWN.
  38. 38.XXXII. COOK HOUSE BILLY.
  39. 39.XXXIII. LORD JAMES BALCH.
  40. 40.XXXIV. TOURING.
  41. 41.XXXV. THE BIBLE AND OTHER BOOKS.
  42. 42.XXXVI. BIBLE PICTURES.
  43. 43.XXXVII. THE SABBATH-SCHOOL.
  44. 44.XXXVIII. PRAYER MEETINGS.
  45. 45.XXXIX. INDIAN HYMNS.
  46. 46.XL. NATIVE MINISTRY AND SUPPORT.
  47. 47.XLI. TOBACCO.
  48. 48.XLII. SPICE.
  49. 49.XLIII. CURRANT JELLY.
  50. 50.XLIV. CONCLUSION.

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