“Skookum papers” and Capilano in Robert Burnaby’s letters
Thanks to Alex Code for pointing out a very interesting source of info on frontier-era BC history!
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Early 1880s, Alaska: Skookum papers, skookum boards
In my understanding, “skookum papers“, a Chinuk Wawa expression, were 19th-century letters…
1873: Earliest “skookum paper”?
A Chinook Jargon phrase that I learned on a research trip in southeast Alaska makes its first known appearance in southwest Oregon…
1853-4: “Teapot” = “skookum paper”, in 2 places 1000 km apart
One of the more impenetrable little mysteries of Chinuk Wawa may now be cleared up.
Earliest, best evidence of the Alaskan phrase “skookum paper”
A phrase I learned from doing research in Alaska is “skookum paper”.
1873, OR/WA Territory: Old Skamia of the Tumwater threatens war for Native rights
The Chinuk Wawa here looks fairly real, so this may be proof that Jargon speakers said “south”.
1918, Alaska: Last chieetain [SIC] passes away
An Alaska Native leader is remembered for his love of Chinuk Wawa…
Harry Guillod’s journal of a trip to Cariboo, 1862
Harry/Henry Guillod (1838-1906) came from Britain to BC in the Cariboo gold rush of 1862, and wrote about it charmingly.
The Journals of George M. Dawson: British Columbia, 1875-1878 (VOLUME 2)
(Here’s a link to Volume 1.) One of our really good resources on BC Chinuk Wawa — which is far and away the best-documented variety of the language — is the jottings of… Continue reading
“The Ethnography of Franz Boas”: How good was his Chinook?
Ronald Rohner compiled Franz Boas’s letters and diaries “written on the Northwest Coast from 1886 to 1911″…