A long-term missionary presents a combined travel narrative and ethnographic account of encounters with Salish-speaking communities on the Pacific Coast, documenting language, customs, domestic life, and religious practices. The text recounts efforts to establish schools, churches, and an Indian institute, and describes struggles with alcoholism, witchcraft, intertribal feuds, and specific cultural practices such as cranial flattening. It includes vivid episodes of hazardous canoe travel, revival meetings, camp gatherings, and individual conversions, alongside practical discussion of foods, marriage customs, and mission administration. The account mixes reportage, personal reminiscence, and moral reflection on the challenges and results of the missionary endeavor.