‘Balsam’, Canadian French, Salish, Chinookan, & Chinuk Wawa
Just a short note here on an ongoing puzzle in Chinook Jargon.
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Resources on Canadian French
As much as I discuss the North American French origins of Chinook Jargon words, I should share the best resource I’ve found.
French-Chinuk Wawa body parts are creole
Most words of Canadian/Métis French that entered Chinuk Wawa carried the Definite Article (le/la/les) along with them…but not all. Why not all?
An alternate etymology for ‘fence’?
It’s been generally agreed that the Chinook Jargon word q’əláx̣(ən) ‘fence’ comes from Salish, but what if there’s more to the story?
1898: Chinuk Wawa in a Stó:lō hymn book (part 2)
Continuing our mini-series on the Chinook Jargon found in the “Indian Methodist Hymn-Book“…
1882: New Year, new church (Myron Eells speaks, Part 1 of 3)
< Tlus Chi Kol 2020 >, Happy New Year 2020!
Brush Indians & “stick Siwash”
Just a quick note today, showing you a rare synonym of “Stick Indians”, and the earliest occurrence of the latter.
1901: Martha Douglas Harris’s “Chee-chee-ka” (Part 2)
Now we get into the guts of it…
Historical Sketches of the Catholic Church in Oregon [Territory]
I’ve been learning about pretty early Chinook Jargon history from an eyewitness’s book…
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?