Vintage Chinuk Wawa in the New York Times, 1866
This urbane reporter perceived “German” in Chinuk Wawa near Grand Ronde and Siletz, maybe because of the “ch” sounds!
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And speaking of circuses…! Why Granville Stuart’s “Montana As It Is” is so rarely seen
Hold on to your Stetsons, buckaroos, this one is gonna take you for a wild ride!
Elip Tilicum
ílep-tílixam: a culturally significant term that goes way back in Chinuk Wawa.
Native’s opinion of circus snake charmer
In which I have questions about a supposed joking Indian.
Address to Pioneers Delivered in Chinook
Here’s a nice longish text from a someone who lived through Washington State’s pioneer times, to his peers. Including a joke.
Chinooker
I’ve shared TW Davenport’s memoir (written by 1907) where he said he and other pioneer Chinuk Wawa speakers called themselves “Chinookers”.
LINGUISTIC ARCHAEOLOGY: TREATY LANGUAGE (POINT NO POINT), PART 16: Who were those treaty signers?
Here is a small exercise that to my knowledge I’m the first to try: figuring out which of the Stevens Treaties signers were conversant in Chinook Jargon.
Joel Palmer’s Indian name! And more juicy bits…
This guy is really good! Remembering the early reservation period in Umatilla, Oregon…
LINGUISTIC ARCHAEOLOGY: TREATY LANGUAGE (POINT NO POINT), PART 15
Wrapping things up:
Palaver?
Very low probability of this reflecting “shipboard English”, but the chance of a connection between Chinuk Wawa and other pidgin languages will entice some creolists…