1906: Grindrod’s new boat
An immigrant from England to southern Puget Sound named his ferry boat in Chinook Jargon…
Do you recognize the word áyáq (‘fast; hurry’) here?
Grindrod’s 2nd-Class Steamboat Pilot license (image credit: Family Search)
Mr. [Christopher Penn] Grin[d]rod‘s [1861-1943] new launch, just completed, will be placed on the route as a passenger boat between this city and Arcadia. Her name is Hyack, which is classic Chinook, and is equivalent to tarry-not.
— from the Olympia (WA) Washington Standard of November 9, 1906, page 3, column 1
