Upper Chehalis Salish as the original Stick Indians?
From George Gibbs’s phenomenal 1877 ethnographic and historical tour de force, “Tribes of Western Washington and Northwest Oregon”…
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“Coquelle Thompson, Athabaskan Witness”
From the unusually fine biography of someone whose life spanned from early contact times past World War 2 (circa 1848-1946), we learn some valuable Chinuk Wawa information.
1897: Everette thinks “Stikine” is “Stick Indians”
A self-taught frontier linguist has some odd ideas…
Brush Indians & “stick Siwash”
Just a quick note today, showing you a rare synonym of “Stick Indians”, and the earliest occurrence of the latter.
Beresford 1789 [1786-1787] found no northern NWCoast pidgins
Thanks to John Enrico’s phenomenal “Haida Dictionary” (freely searchable here), I found this additional on-the-spot report from earliest times of Native-Newcomer contact on the Northwest Coast.
Cashman 1900 [1899] and Ahtna Chinuk Wawa / Pidgin English
In south-central Alaska, Ahtna Athabaskan people’s Chinook Jargon (Chinuk Wawa) was as mixed with English as we’ve seen in previously known sources. {Clickable link there.} Stick Indians (Ahtnas), Plate 122 of the Report… Continue reading
So many Métis words in interior PNW languages (Part 3: Interior northern Dene, beyond the Chinuk Wawa zone)
READER CHALLENGE: read on to see if you have ideas about some of the French source words!
So many Métis words in interior PNW languages (Part 2: Interior northern Dene, far limits of Chinuk Wawa zone)
READER CHALLENGE: read on to see if you have ideas about some French source words! I’ve written that certain entire families, and types, of languages are fairly impervious to external influence.
1901: Moose Hall invitation + unique Valdez, AK Jargon
Mockery of the northwesternmost Natives to speak Chinuk Wawa is still evidence of how they spoke it!
1887: Kaska Dena people spoke little Chinook Jargon
A passing remark by known BC Chinuk Wawa speaker and researcher, George Mercer Dawson, helps us understand the geographic limits of CW.