Lempfrit’s legendary, long-lost linguistic legacy (Part 11) (published out of sequence as Part 22A!)
Among the very early sources to point out that ‘1’ also means ‘(an)other’ in Chinuk Wawa —
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1865, BC (west coast of Vancouver Island): Shipwreck and loss of life, and no Chinook!
Here we learn of the wreck of the American bark Iwanowna of San Francisco, on a trip out of Port Townsend (Washington Territory), at Nootka Island, British Columbia.
1913, AK: Suggests a Rabbit as Alaska’s State Seal
Chinook Jargon was already identified with the Settler/colonizer version of Alaska “oldtimers” by 1913.
Didactic dialogues in CW dictionaries, Part 8B (Prosch’s 1888/1912 ms. dictionary
Dleit naika wawa masi kopa Alik Kod, yaka wawa kopa okok kopa naika web-sait.
1892, OR: A Chinook Jargon inscription in an autograph album
Colleen Bayley Harrington, in the Facebook “Chinook Jargon” group, posted this treasure and let me write about it here:
Loanwords in Karuk (NW California)
None are from Chinuk Wawa, but all tell us interesting stuff about Pacific NW language contact!
1890s, BC: kíkwəli-háws takes on new life
In 1896, BC Indigenous people and others still remembered traditional underground “pithouses”, which in Chinook Jargon were known as kíkwəli-háws.
1868, WA: A Lost Chapter of Judges
Here’s a totally fascinating political satire from Territorial days here in Washington.
1897, BC: Awesome background on lakamín, in French, with humor!
Here’s a funny, maybe true, story from British Columbia’s frontier era that’s focused on lakamín, a cultural trait and a word that are important to Chinook Jargon.
1865, OR: Treaty-making between Northern Paiutes and USA
A little more evidence of Northern Paiute speakers in Chinook Jargon-speaking environments.