1908: Reminiscences of Charles A. Splawn
From the “Indian district” of Ellensburg, Washington, mid- to post-frontier times…
Monthly Archive: November, 2021
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Portland dictionary with numerals for accent marks?!
There’s always something new to be found among all those old Chinook Jargon documents…
“Hyas Tyee Tumwater” isn’t traditional: Baseless ideas about CW
Too often, someone publishes an offhand remark, and it gets cited as fact ever after…
1857: California CPE — Chinese coffins
Settlers on the West Coast typically understood Chinese Pidgin English well!
[1859 Victoria]: How I Got into the Government “Blue Book”
Wesleyan Methodist minister Arthur Browning (born 1830) tells a reminiscence of 1859.
Thanks from Dave (2021 and 1897)
I’m thankful to you, my Chinook-loving readers!
BC Chinuk Wawa love song
I’m thankful to my reader Jakob for sending a link to this nice music!
1792: Crowdsourcing challenge — Galiano’s Hul’q’umi’num (and Nootka Jargon?) vocabulary
I’m taking the approach of asking my readers for language help with Spanish and Coast Salish today…
1898: Signed, Halo Cumtux, Lillooet, BC
Looks like two Chinook writers at work here…
Why Granville Stuart’s Chinuk Wawa was Grand Ronde-ish
When I’ve previously written about Montana settler Granville Stuart’s CW vocabulary, I’ve mused about how surprisingly Grand Ronde-like it is.