1891, Atna territory, Alaska: In an Indian village
The Copper River people, a.k.a. Atna Athabaskans (Dene), were just about the farthest northwesterly folks to have used Chinuk Wawa.
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Another Indigenous language that preserves old Chinuk Wawa’s name for “Saturday”
There’s this one interesting word in Lower Chehalis Salish…
1916 (WW1) cartoon: Yes, Jeff is very fond of Bob Service’s poems
A nationally syndicated cartoon strip making a reference to World War One backs up my recent point that Robert Service’s poetry of the Klondike was hugely popular…
1872: “Letter written by an Indian Chief” at Grand Ronde
Without preamble, a local newspaper published what it called a “Letter Written by an Indian Chief”, in recognizably local Chinuk Wawa. You talkin’ about me?: T.H.B. Odeneal (image credit: Levi Odeneal page) The… Continue reading
Lower Chehalis ‘fast; hurry’ ~~ Chinuk Wawa ‘fast; hurry’
One word in Lower Chehalis Salish (an ancestor language of Chinuk Wawa) has 2 uses…
Deadline next Monday: Can you solve this quiz?
At our friend Peter Bakker’s excellent LingoBlog, there’s a quiz you might want to try solving 😁
1878, Thurston County Fair, WA: Hyu snass…
Unique spellings! Yay!
1879 [1853?]: A southwest Oregon “Indian war”
On the Rogue River of southwest Oregon, a Settler group heading to hunt gold in California has a violent run-in with tribal people.
1917 or earlier: Cheechako = Chicago!
Apparently I’ve yet to write about this folk-etymology of a Chinook Jargon phrase…
1883: Hyas close ictas at Mattoon’s
One of several ads for a western Oregon store in the late frontier era was in Jargon: