1887: A Ramble in British Columbia
A book that we’ve only briefly touched on has a tiny bit more to tell about Chinuk Wawa in BC.
Monthly Archive: July, 2020
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1870: Sluiskin on the mountain
A frontier-era expedition to the top of Mount Rainier with an Indigenous guide had to use Chinuk Wawa as its working language.
1904, vintage 1854: An excellent Olympia anniversary greeting
Lucky us, finding a Chinuk Wawa time capsule from 1904 of a time capsule from 1854!
1914: You savvy this?
It says something that the newspaper editor threw some untranslated Chinese Pidgin English together with untranslated Chinuk Wawa…
1882: The cultus family
One of the earliest occurrences I’m aware of for this Chinuk Wawa loan into regional English.
The mixed heritage of ‘hat’ gets a Salish explanation, too
The Jargon word for ‘hat’ already has several more-or-less reasonable etymologies, so let’s muddy things even more!
“Trik” gets trickier, or, more ticklish, or, beats me :)
Another occurrence of a mysterious word has been found; is BC Salish involved?
1877, Idaho: John Emery is the victim of a pretty rough joke
You have to go back real early in Idaho history to find good Chinuk Wawa spoken there…
1911: “A pioneer judge’s memory” has poignant Jargon coda
A Pioneer Judge’s Memory includes a poignant coda in okay CJ:
1861: Gold Hunting in the Cascade Mountains
One of the earliest, and least known, publications in Washington Territory…