1914: “Dan Tucker Up to Date” song
This is not the first time we’ve run into the “Old Dan Tucker” folksong on my website…
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1868, Tongass Island, AK: An early “siwash style”
This has to be one of the first printed occurrences of “siwash” as a word for ‘camping out’.
Not Chinook Jargon, but a widely known Native word
The other day, I shared a menu from what now sounds like a bizarre event, a dinner for the Oregon Indian War Veterans, in Washington DC.
1858, BC: Lucius Edelblute is barely literate, but he can use a Jargon dictionary to save his life
A Settler / colonizer / invader from Virginia, USA took part in BC’s 1858 gold rush, of course using Chinuk Wawa.
Joe Peter’s ~ isə́q ‘paddle’ sounds Salish-y!
Today I’m trying to jot down just a quick thought.
1917, Oregon: Indian George, another Jargon-speaking weather forecaster
How odd that we have a whole file on Native people using Chinook Jargon to give weather forecasts to Settler colonizers…
1891: Yes sir, it’s a boy!
“Yes, sir!”
Lower Chehalis ‘you’re stupid’ + Chinuk Wawa
Another of the countless cases where Lower Chehalis Salish and Chinook Jargon parallel each other closely:
1895: “Chinook Hymns” in Chinuk Pipa (Part 2: “A New Song for Christmas”)
Calling all readers! Do you know what Christmas carol this Jargon version is based on?