1904, vintage 1854: An excellent Olympia anniversary greeting
Lucky us, finding a Chinuk Wawa time capsule from 1904 of a time capsule from 1854!
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1914: You savvy this?
It says something that the newspaper editor threw some untranslated Chinese Pidgin English together with untranslated Chinuk Wawa…
1882: The cultus family
One of the earliest occurrences I’m aware of for this Chinuk Wawa loan into regional English.
The mixed heritage of ‘hat’ gets a Salish explanation, too
The Jargon word for ‘hat’ already has several more-or-less reasonable etymologies, so let’s muddy things even more!
“Trik” gets trickier, or, more ticklish, or, beats me :)
Another occurrence of a mysterious word has been found; is BC Salish involved?
1877, Idaho: John Emery is the victim of a pretty rough joke
You have to go back real early in Idaho history to find good Chinuk Wawa spoken there…
1911: “A pioneer judge’s memory” has poignant Jargon coda
A Pioneer Judge’s Memory includes a poignant coda in okay CJ:
1861: Gold Hunting in the Cascade Mountains
One of the earliest, and least known, publications in Washington Territory…
1865: Prehistoric Man Ain’t Here No More (sez Paul Kane)
What’s taken his place is a new Chinuk Wawa-speaking society, according to this writer.
1914: City Puts on Its Gay Duds for Potlatch
It’s hard to find many Pride-related topics in old newspapers, so I’ve settled on this one.