1786: Alexander Walker on the PNW coast (part 1 of 2)
For another early-contact account of “Nootka” (and south-central Alaska), we have a superb edition of…
Monthly Archive: November, 2021
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Chxí ~ ‘recent past’ is tenseless!
(Don’t read this unless you want to talk fluent Jargon.)
1897: An Old-Time Salutation
Chinook spellings unique to one person are the evergreen hallmark of honestly learned Jargon!
1941: Frank Drew’s Chinuk Wawa song…a Wám-Háws-Tánis-Sháti?
Huge thanks to my reader “Joe” for pointing this one out!
1897: BS Jargon / OA Fechter
A well-received social event social event staged by the Yakima Commercial Club’s married male members for the benefit of everyone else included some laughable BS in Jargon.
1856: A Double Dose (California CPE)
Just another day at police court–with that other West Coast pidgin.
1817: Roquefeuil on the PNW coast, relying on English
I think this particular book tells us more about how some Native people spoke some English with sailors by 1817…
1853-4: “Teapot” = “skookum paper”, in 2 places 1000 km apart
One of the more impenetrable little mysteries of Chinuk Wawa may now be cleared up.
1845-1848: Neall, “A Down-Easter in the Far West”
James Neall (1820-1903) was a Maine man who lived in the Oregon Country frontier from 1845 to 1848.
1886: Victoria-style Chinuk Wawa song from Nuxalks in Germany, and a grammatical mystery
Thanks to Dale McCreery for this wonderful find.