New words for trapping: a 1903 ad
Chinook Jargon’s connection with the Northwest fur trade is proverbial. But until now, we’ve had extremely little documentation of how people talked in CJ about the trapping side of that equation.
Chinook Jargon’s connection with the Northwest fur trade is proverbial. But until now, we’ve had extremely little documentation of how people talked in CJ about the trapping side of that equation.
A constant source of sustenance for your curiosity: The motherlode of Chinook Jargon words that nobody seems to have researched before. Here’s a new one. (Warning: offensive language.)