Cutting deeper into the etymology of t’ɬəmínxwət “tell a lie”
Taking a sec to point out something I’ve not said out loud before…
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1895: “Chinook Hymns” in Chinuk Pipa (Part 4: Naika Chako Wawa)
Pages 2, 3, and part of 4 in the small book “Chinook Hymns” (6th edition, 1895, Kamloops) show us the song, “Naika Chako Wawa”…
You can buy this piece of Chinook Jargon history
Got $555.21 (US) laying around?…
Darrin Brager’s find of Vocabulario Chinook
Dleit haiyoo naika wawa masi kopa Darrin Brager!
Chinook Jargon at the movies, Part 2: The Incredibles
It’s hard to track down a movie clip to illustrate this installment…
1907, WA: Among the exchanges
The passing of an important Native leader was reported with some Chinook Jargon.
Old postcards (Part 5: Sahalie Falls, Oregon)
Today’s old postcard:
1856, Oregon: “Cumtux” reports on Native-Settler war
Writing from Wascopam (The Dalles area), a correspondent with a Chinuk Wawa pseudonym gives opinionated updates on the war that’s broken out.
Ikta Dale McCreery yaka t’ɬap (Part 15: mills and donkeys)
What do donkeys and mills have in common?
1800s: Why “Boston man” accidentally makes it harder to research Chinook Jargon
In the 1800’s, there were large numbers of mentions of a “Boston man” (and “Boston men”?) in newspapers …