Kamloops Wawa pictures, part 20: le révérend père Fabre
The pictures in the Chinook Jargon newspaper “Kamloops Wawa” were always among the most popular elements in it…
(A link to all installments in this mini-series.)
Here’s a photoengraving & some news about the person pictured.
< R.P. Fabre. > Ukuk liplit msaika nanich iakwa
‘This priest you folks see here’iaka nim Pir Fabr: tlun sno alta iaka mimlus. Kopa
‘is named Père Fabre; it’s three years ago he died. On’Oktobir < 26, 1892 >, iaka mimlus. Iaka < 68 > sno.
‘October 26, 1892, he died. He was 68 years old.’Kopa Ipril mun msaika nanich iaka siahus,
‘In the month of April you saw the face of’iht taii lisivik, iaka nim Monsingor Dmasnod,
‘a boss bishop named Monsignor De Mazenod,’iaka mamuk < O.M.I. > kompani, pi iaka ilip taii kopa
‘who formed the OMI group [of priests] and was the first leader for’< O.M.I .> Pus iaka mimlus, kopa < 1861 >, ukuk
‘the OMI. When he died, in 1861, this’Pir Fabr chako taii kopa < O.M.I. >, pi pus Pir
‘père Fabre became boss to the OMI, and when Père’Fabr mimlus, Pir Sulii chako taii kopa < O.M.I. >
‘Fabre died, Père Soullier became boss to the OMI.’Tanki wam Pir Sulii chako kopa ukuk ilihi; pi
‘Last summer Père Soullier came to this country; and’alta iht sno, kopa Novimbir mun nsaika tlap iaka
‘a year ago, in the month of November, we got his’siahus kopa ukuk pipa.
‘face in this newspaper.’—
— from “Kamloops Wawa” #133 (October 1895), page 149
