[1850s:] “Memoirs of Orange Jacobs”
A major figure of Settler society in Washington Territory was Orange Jacobs (1827-1914).
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1904 [1858+]: Prosch “Reminiscences of Washington Territory”, and the growth of Northern CW
Charles Prosch was a New Yorker who came to San Francisco on purpose, then more accidentally to Puget Sound in Washington Territory in February 1858.
BC Chinook discovery: “másháchi-bòks”
A.k.a. “mesahchie box” / “mesatchie box” / “mesachie box”; I thought I’d discussed this phrase before, but this is my first mention of this discovery on this site.
1887: Chinuk Wawa essential for BC Indian Agent
People fought political fights over the appointment of a Mr. Fagan as Indian agent in BC’s late frontier period…
1913: “Communication” about “Chocko Mika” and “Chah-ko Mika”
New news about an established community celebration in Nelson, southeastern British Columbia.
1872: Some Sitka people talk Chinook already
Just 5 years into the US colonization of Alaska Territory, Chinook Jargon was already an important presence among Lingít (Tlingits) in the southeastern “pandhandle”.
1888: C.G. Leland on “Der Chinook-Jargon”
This old article is new to me, and really interesting to find. (Image credit: Hulton Archive)
“Chief Sluskin’s True Narrative” for back-translation
The words of Yakama Chief Sluskin are ready for back-translation!
1913: “Hi-yu Wah-wah” festival in Port Coquitlam
I see the newspaper editor assumed everyone knows what “Hi-yu Wah-wah” means!
1867: Earliest known “Old Man House”
In a book search, 1867is the earliest occurrence I find of “Old Man House” / “Ole Man House” / “Oleman House”: