Perry and Lord Elgin, he found no real recognition of his achievements. His notes of the Japanese adventure were not published until 1923, 29 years after his death. He died a poor man in Washington state in 1894, while visiting his niece. His last words were reportedly "Sayonara, my dear, sayonara..." Memorials and burial place MacDonald is buried in the Ranald MacDonald Cemetery, Ferry County, Washington. The grave is northwest of Curlew Lake State Park on Mid Way Road. The grave itself is a state park, the smallest in Washington State. The grave marker has the inscription: There are memorials to Ranald MacDonald in Rishiri Island and in Nagasaki, as well as in his birthplace, where Fort Astoria used to stand in Astoria, Oregon. Award Since 2016, the foundation Friends of MacDonald - The Dutch Connection in the Netherlands has given out the Ranald MacDonald Award to writers/artists who shed new light on the relations between Asia, Europe and North America with their work. Some of the people who won this award are: Frederik L. Schodt (2016), Zia Haider Rahman (2016), Hajime Narukawa (2017), Bruno Maçães (2018) and the FENIX Landverhuizersmuseum in Rotterdam (2019). References Further reading MacDonald, Ranald; Lewis, William Stanley Ranald MacDonald: The Narrative of His Early Life on the Columbia... The Eastern Washington State Historical Society, 1923. (1990 reprint) Roe, Jo Ann Ranald MacDonald: Pacific Rim Adventurer. Pullman, Washington: Washington State University Press, 1997. (hardbound) (paperback) Schodt, Frederik L. Native American in the Land of the Shogun: Ranald MacDonald and the Opening of Japan. Berkeley, California: Stone Bridge Press, 2003. Available online through the Washington State Library's Classics in Washington History collection Senate executive document, 31st Congress, 1st session, no. 84 External links An account of MacDonald's life in relation to a book about him Another account of Ranald MacDonald's story Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online Article on MacDonald's grave Another article with many biographical details American educators American expatriates in Japan American explorers American Métis people Canadian educators Canadian Métis people Canadian people of Scottish descent Ranald MacDonald History of the foreign relations of Japan People from Astoria, Oregon Pre-Confederation Manitoba people 1824 births 1894 deaths American Japanologists Hudson's Bay Company people People of pre-statehood Washington (state) American people in whaling