Pre-1924: John Adams (Rogue River Shasta of Siletz) & CW-dependent pidgin English?
Many features of the following quoted life story from John Adams (1847-1938) of Siletz Reservation, southwest Oregon, a Rogue River Shasta man, evoke Chinuk Wawa.
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1884: Sacramento CPE: Chinese jubilation
Here’s a nice eyewitnessed quotation of “that other pidgin”, West Coast-style Chinese Pidgin English, in the late frontier period.
Jean-Baptiste Brondel OMI of Steilacoom &c.
Another little-known missionary who spoke Chinuk Wawa…
1894: Father Morice trashes Chinuk Pipa
In the preface to the 2nd edition of his Dakelh Dene “Carrier Reading-Book“, A.G. Morice OMI trashes his perceived competition, the new, vastly popular Chinuk Pipa of southern BC. Pages 6 to 8… Continue reading
Thesis on (Canadian) French influence in PNW
Those who are interested in all things French-Canadian about the Pacific Northwest frontier know that it can be hard to locate helpful sources…
Another brick in the SENĆOŦEN ‘shithouse’
There’s a word in SENĆOŦEN (Saanich) Salish of Vancouver Island, BC, Canada, that seems as if it ought to be inspired by Chinuk Wawa…
1896: Talking to Spokane Garry’s sister in Jargon
The hat tip for this rare find goes to Tina Wynecoop, without whose recent Facebook post I mightn’t have noticed it.
“Canadian Camp Life”
Another largely autobiographical book by Frances Elizabeth Herring shows us some more BC Chinuk Wawa…
A Wakashan+Tsamosan co-etymology?
Very possibly a chance coincidence — but sometimes we find the most amazing resemblances among Chinuk Wawa’s input languages…
[sic]-tə́mtəm
Working with large numbers of Chinuk Wawa documents, as I do, I often find myself adding “[sic]” as a comment on what I’m seeing…