Shoalwater Bay stories, Part 1
Here is a traditional, and I expect true, story about the origin of southwest Washington’s Long Beach Peninsula and Shoalwater Bay. Let’s call this one ready for back-translation into Chinuk Wawa!
Daily Archive: July 15, 2019
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1855 Indian war: The Puget Sound Rangers know when they’re being cussed at in Jargon
I ask you: if you were a freaked-out Settler under armed Indigenous attack, how well would you understand what your enemies were hollering at you in Chinuk Wawa?