Monthly Archive: January, 2025

1856, Oregon: “Cumtux” reports on Native-Settler war

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Writing from Wascopam (The Dalles area), a correspondent with a Chinuk Wawa pseudonym gives opinionated updates on the war that’s broken out.

More causes for híhi ‘laughter’

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Chinook Jargon’s word meaning (fundamentally I think) ‘to laugh’ as well as ‘to play’ and the noun ‘(some) fun’ is híhi.

Ikta Dale McCreery yaka t’ɬap (Part 15: mills and donkeys)

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What do donkeys and mills have in common?