1885, Roseburg OR: Siwash memaloose Boston man? And Settler phonetic clues
We can understand the un-translated Chinook here…
Monthly Archive: September, 2024
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1911, Seattle: Novelties in Taft’s Welcome
Another of the US presidents who was exposed to Chinuk Wawa was William Taft:
1893: Real-world Northern Chinook Jargon (Part 3, litmus paper)
Now for the third of 3 segments from Kamloops Wawa #84 (June 25, 1893), pages 104.
1896, Muckleshoot Reservation, WA: An enjoyable outing
Shortly into the post-frontier era, there’s still an excellent use for Chinuk Wawa in the south Puget Sound area.
1896, Oregon: Old Methodist hymn in Jargon amuses
At an anti-booze convention, there was entertainment of another sort…
Boas 1892: Many discoveries in a short article (Part 22: tail)
From Prof. Franz Boas’s brief 1892 article on “The Chinook Jargon“…
1911, Oregon: The “Chinook choir” and more
Whoops ‘n’ hymns, mixin’ it up!
1904: Still another version of the Civil War code-letter story
Tradition! Tradition!
Ikta Dale McCreery yaka t’ɬap (Part 13: stresses, running fast, and more)
Our friend Dale McCreery PhD has sometimes sent reports on bits of Chinook Jargon he notices in the area of Bella Coola, British Columbia.
1913: Jimhillkameen!
A Chinuk Wawa-only notice in a southern BC newspaper was well understood by the locals.