The Indians of Puget Sound: The Notebooks of Myron Eells by late 19th-century missionary Myron Eells, edited and contextualized by anthropologist George Pierre Castile, is a major 1985 ethnographic and historical volume published by the University of Washington Press in cooperation with Whitman College. The book rescues from obscurity the massive, previously unpublished manuscripts compiled by Eells during his three decades (1874–1907) living and working on the Skokomish Reservation. It provides an exhaustive record of the material culture, social organization, folklore, and daily realities of the Coast Salish peoples, particularly the Twana (Skokomish) and Klallam tribes. While the original observations are inevitably colored by Eells's paternalistic and assimilationist worldview, Castile's careful editing frames the work as a vital historical artifact. Ultimately, it serves as an indispensable, primary-source resource for anthropologists, regional historians, and tribal descendants seeking a deeply detailed window into Puget Sound Indigenous life during an era of profound cultural disruption and transition.

xix, 470 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 27 cm