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Subtext: the governor of post-frontier Washington State may have stood out for not not knowing Chinuk Wawa very well.
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Robert K. Beecham, the Canadian “Chinook poet” of Everett
Robert K. Beecham (1838-1920), born in New Brunswick, served in a Wisconsin division in the US Civil War, moved to Everett, Washington in 1894 — which is a telling detail.
The importance of women in printing Kamloops Wawa
All I can add to this superb and important note about Chinuk Pipa‘s reliance on female printers is that Angele Edward was Hyacinth Sisyésq’t’s daughter-in-law.
1859: Capture and destruction of the brig Swiss Boy
David K. Welden or Walden, “master” of the American brig Swiss Boy, took to newsprint to publicize the loss of his ship in the Ditidaht area of Vancouver Island.
In trouble
Another frontier-era meditation on whether Chinuk Wawa renders you fit for “civilized” life…
Johnny Skuzzy, Catholic outcast in Lytton, BC
Quite a bit of interesting Chinuk Wawa stuff came out of the Catholic/Protestant turf border town of Lytton, BC…
Crazy etymology claim: “hike” is from Chinook Jargon!
Picking up a trail I’ve merely pointed at before…
1882: Trying to argue in Jargon for assimilation, with Indians you’re interviewing
“Into Eastern Washington by Rail” is a newspaper’s local-colour piece showing the reporter arguing with Indigenous people at Ainsworth (it was near latter-day Pasco), Washington Territory…
Confirmed: Grand Ronde CW ‘colt’
Serendipitously, we can now confirm a “new” Jargon discovery that I noted just the other day.
1854: Alki’s Denny has more to say about Chinuk Wawa monolinguals making bad citizens
A letter from well-known Alki (soon to be Seattle) pioneer A[rthur] A. Denny (1822-1899) clarifies what had been reported of his views expressed at the Territorial Assembly session…