Myron Eells’s hymn book (Part 12: For Children)
Definitely in the Northern Dialect of Chinook Jargon is song #12 from Myron Eells’s little book, “Hymns in the Chinook Jargon Language“, 2nd (expanded!) edition (Portland, OR: David Steel, 1889):
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1919, BC: Hyas Kloshe Tanse (mistranslated)
Most people’s grasp of Chinook Jargon was pretty out of practice by 1919.
Lempfrit’s legendary, long-lost legacy (Part 25a, Ave Maria) (Part 25b, Credo)
We’ve seen H-T Lempfrit’s manuscript dictionary; and now for some rare old Chinook Jargon texts on its following pages!
Proof of concept: How to say ‘grandfather’ in Northern Chinook Jargon
You won’t find texts in the Northern Dialect using the word chúp for ‘grandfather’.
Sequim (WA) Press, Part 2 (08/05/1921): A party/potlatch invitation
Well beyond the frontier era, locals in the still-remote northern Olympic Peninsula of Washington state were likely to understood Chinook Jargon…
1891: A “Chinook and Clatsop” word for ‘legging(s)’
Professor Franz Boas, long may his name be remembered with respect, was not perfect.
1856: The Causes of the Present Indian Difficulties in Oregon and Washington Territories (Métis, treaties, etc.)
The excellent observer, James G. Swan, syndicated his descriptions of life in Washington Territory nationwide.
Pyusim etymology? Stó:lō!
Calling all Salish scholars; what do you think?
1889, WA Territory: Palouse horse race invitation
I think it’s typical of my home region, far eastern Washington, that folks weren’t quite as good at Chinook Jargon as those elsewhere.
A remembered mid-Columbia River CJ word helps prove etymologies
Here’s a nice, serendipitous find that confirms some conclusions we’d already reached using the available evidence.