Historical Sketches of the Catholic Church in Oregon [Territory]
I’ve been learning about pretty early Chinook Jargon history from an eyewitness’s book…
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1874, BC: What do you call an Indian commissioner in Jargon?
How to talk about a high government official such as Israel Wood Powell (1837-1915) in frontier times?
1898: Chinuk Wawa in a Stó:lō hymn book (part 1)
One of the themes I develop in this website is that THERE’S A LOT MORE excellent Chinook Jargon out there to learn from, if you look past the usual sources.
1912: “Tolneuch” by J. Chester Fox
“TOLNEUCH”: This piece in a very popular magazine takes its name from a word in James G. Swan’s bestselling 1857 memoir of life on Shoalwater Bay, Washington Territory.
Early 1850s: ‘Christmas’ & ‘eat crow’ humor on Shoalwater Bay
James Gilchrist Swan, early pioneer on Shoalwater Bay, Washington Territory (near Astoria), spoke excellent Chinuk Wawa & could repeat a good joke…
Is “rancherie” a gold rush word?
In English, it’s primarily a Canadianism of a certain age.
Noses, Salish metaphors, & French rarities
I’ve got two things on my nose, er, mind.
More of Bonnycastle Dale’s Chinook Jargon
When the first word in a short article is an offensive use of a Chinuk Wawa word, I’m already skeptical…
“Potlatch house”, a PNW-ism … from Jargon?
The phrase “potlatch house” first came up for my readers and me in an article about southeast Vancouver Island. (See “The Potlatch at Sooke“).
1887 Oregon CPE: Toy Chen’s opinion
More about another frontier-era pidgin…