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Glimpses of Three Coasts

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Jackson, Helen (H.H.).  1886.  Glimpses of three coasts.  Boston: Roberts Brothers. [This is a travel book, the sections being I. California and Oregon, II. Scotland and England and III. Norway, Denmark and Germany.–DDR]… Continue reading

Seven Frontier Women and the Founding of Spokane Falls

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Cochran, Barbara F.  2011.  Seven frontier women and the founding of Spokane Falls.  Spokane, WA: Tornado Creek Publications.  [Written 1986 or 1987, just before the author’s death.–DDR] page 8:  (in chapter I about… Continue reading

Pig-Tail Days in Old Seattle, cont’d

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See my previous post for the bibliographic info on this one.  Picking up where I left off: – page 57, about Spring Street: “The first families had to lolo chuck (carry water) from… Continue reading

Chinook Jargon – Chinuk Wawa

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Here’s a new blog.  Chinook Jargon is what I’m actively working on at the moment.  (It’s called Chinuk Wawa in the language.)  I used to run the CHINOOK listserv–which remains a great research… Continue reading

naika nim chinuk man

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