1868, Xmas season: A Good One
A humorous experience at the newspaper offices, caused by someone’s insufficient knowledge of Chinuk Wawa!
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1911: Xmas muckamuck in Lillooet
Another quick treat of Chinuk Wawa with a holiday tie-in!
1917: Xmas musings in Kitamaat
Ask a linguist: “Xmas” has a looooooong history of being said by Christians, like this early-1900s BC missionary.
táyí-kʰwàɬ etc.
A new Chinuk Wawa expression that I’m grateful for…
Chinook elder shares stories and legends through art
Today I want to point you toward a good interview with a Chinook Tribe elder who lives in Chehalis, Washington.
Local history: “The removal of the Kalapuyan people”
An interesting article by Kimberli Fitzgerald in the Salem (OR) Reporter several days ago examines the history of the area’s K’alapuya people.
More about Boas 1916 [Anonymous 1791] “Vocabularies from the Northwest Coast of America”
I haven’t identified which British or USA sailing vessel it’s associated with, yet…
[1850s:] “Memoirs of Orange Jacobs”
A major figure of Settler society in Washington Territory was Orange Jacobs (1827-1914).
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.