C.C. McCoy recalls Fraser River Indigenous reaction to first steamboat
Christopher Columbus McCoy (1836-1905) accidentally arrived in British Columbia at the moment the Fraser River gold rush began…
Christopher Columbus McCoy (1836-1905) accidentally arrived in British Columbia at the moment the Fraser River gold rush began…
Today’s article: a snapshot of Chinook Jargon as used in the life of post-frontier “Shokomish” (Skokomish) Indians.
The simplest fact about the expression “high muckymuck” in English is, it’s got a complicated history.
Scioness of the pioneers of Seattle, Eva Emery Dye, wrote as if she were personally familiar with this uncredited early hit song…
The writer of the original lyrics to “O Canada” (they were in French!) witnesses BC intertribal protocols conducted in Chinook Jargon…
Rev. Gustavus Hines, in his “Voyage around the World” (Buffalo, NY: George H. Derby and Co., 1850), is at pains to inform his readers that he’s editing out all “jargons”, starting with the… Continue reading →