This is what a map in Chinook Jargon looks like
It occurs to me that Iʹve never seen a map in Chinuk Wawa.
So this was a good find.
Itʹs meant to show how the house that the Virgin Mary was born in, and later shared with Joseph and Jesus and a mess of apostles, flew (yup!) from Nazareth, northwest to Terzato in Italy and then to Loreto near Rome.
Hereʹs what the various shorthand words on it saŷ
Tirsato Tyurki ilihi Tlil solt chok
Terzato Turkey Black SeaLorito Dalmasia Konstantinopl
Loreto Dalmatia ConstantinopeRom Grik ilihi Tyurki ilihi
Rome Greece TurkeyItali ilihi(?) Nasarit
Italy(?) NazarethSisili ilihi(?)
Sicily(?)solt chok
sea
And hereʹs some commentary relating to the map — ̂
Iakwa msaika nanich kata
Here you folks can see howsaia iaka chako tlus Mari iaka
far the blessed Maryʹshaws. Kopa Nasarit pi k’o kopa
house came. From Nazareth all the way toTirsato, wik saia <2 000>
Terzato, is nearly 2,000mail. Pi wiht kopa Tirsato
miles. And then from Terzatopi k’o kopa Lorito <200> mail
all the way to Loreto is 200 miles.Iaka chako sahali sol chok,
It came over the sea,pi sahali kopa Tyurki ilihi pi wiht
and over Turkey and againsahali kopa solt chok pi wiht hloima
over the sea and again a differentTyurki ilihi pi Dalmasia ilihi pi iawa
Turkish area and Dalmatia and theniaka k’o kopa Tirsato. Kimta
it arrived at Terzato. After thatiaka klatwa kopa Lorito
it went to Loreto.
— Kamloops Wawa #142 (July 1896), page 162
I like the naiveté of Father Le Jeune’s writings.
I had heard about the Virgin’s house flying all the way to Loreto, but not that the apostles actually stayed there with Jesus and his parents. That part seems far-fetched! I understood that Jesus left home, went to find John the Baptist, and collected disciples in his travels. As they wandered around they were lodged in other people’s houses (and probably slept outside sometimes, as well as in barns and stables).
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