1883, Goldendale WA: From the faithful Lucy (a drag queen)
How is today’s writer like sweet Betseyannspikes?
Daily Archive: October 1, 2022
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1948: BC oldtimers who speak Chinook: Names are named!
This mid-century local colour piece managed to draw a number of surviving Chinuk Wawa speakers out of the woodwork.
1891, Vancouver BC: A stupid potlatch?!
Points to the Vancouver paper, for introducing its report on a Native potlatch with the culturally perceptive description that itʹs a “festival which is of a semi-religious character”.
1888, Umatilla: A Polyglot Court
This may have taken place in Portland, Oregon, with a Native defendant from the Umatilla area of northeast Oregon, in the late frontier period.
1892, Seattle: The Pocahontas-John Smith tableau, in Jargon
This is far from the first time the name “Pocahontas” has made its appearance on my website…