January 1895: “Our Monthly Budget”, Part 2b (Hallout; August Chehalis; Chief Francois Spuzzum)
From “Kamloops Wawa” #124 (January 1895), page 2, the local news in Chinuk Wawa!
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1858, Oregon and BC: Dictionaries are a humbug! Learn Jargon from the “abergoines”!
Here’s one of the earliest mentions of Chinook Jargon being in use in British Columbia…
1882, Nebraska: Jargon as an attraction at the Page County Fair
I infer that “Brother Foster” — who was he? — is himself the “Oregon Man”, so I’ve added speculative punctuation here.
Chinook Jargon in the news: Orca species splitting
I was interviewed for this excellent piece of science reporting from the Puget Sound Institute:
Myron Eells’s hymn book (Part 7 “Hebrew Children”)
Song #7 from Myron Eells’s little book, “Hymns in the Chinook Jargon Language“, 2nd (expanded!) edition (Portland, OR: David Steel, 1889):
1911 [1850s]: Yamhill oldtimer’s reminiscence
Early days on the Grand Ronde Indian Reservation, with a Chinuk Wawa quotation from a Native man.
1909, Spokane, WA: An Aged Indian Finds Life Saver
I hadn’t heard of a Spokan(e) tribal elder called Sam Angdo, so it’s a pleasure to learn of him & his reliance on Chinook Jargon!
Kamloops Wawa pictures, part 17: Coldwater scenery
Here’s a contemporary photo of Coldwater, a Native village in the Nicola region of south-central British Columbia that was home to the first Indigenous “Chinuk Pipa” writer.
1882, Grand Ronde area: Lo under instruction
Yes, it’s a racist headline.
Jules Verne’s Chinook Jargon in “César Cascabel”
“César Cascabel” is an 1890 novel by the famous Jules Verne. It’s one of his less well known works, in the English-speaking world.