1891, Bellingham WA: “A Sign of Civilization”
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Beresford 1789 [1786-1787] found no northern NWCoast pidgins
Thanks to John Enrico’s phenomenal “Haida Dictionary” (freely searchable here), I found this additional on-the-spot report from earliest times of Native-Newcomer contact on the Northwest Coast.
1900 letter: A Native Donation to a favourite band
One of the very few times I’ve seen any Kwak’wala (“Kwakiutl”) word used in a Chinook Jargon environment!
1901: Olympia CW-dependent humor
If you grew up in Washington State when I did, you know “it’s the water”…
More about Ktunaxa use of Chinuk Wawa
I’ve been having a look into Leonard Corwin Brant’s book…
Bagley, “The Acquisition and Pioneering of Old Oregon”
I acquired a little book by Clarence Bagley, “The Acquisition and Pioneering of Old Oregon: In the Beginning / Pioneer Reminiscences” (Fairfield, WA: Ye Galleon Press, undated].
John Enrico’s insights on the old “Haida” Jargon
Independent agreement that there was a sort of pidginized Haida in use during early days of contact with non-Indigenous people…
The Mission Field and “Chinhook” (Part 2 of 6)
Calling all “back-translators” —
1910: Poker Jim Promises to Help Pendleton Round-Up
Pioneer-era boyhood friends communicated in Chinuk Wawa across ethnic lines…
1860: Dr. Garrett, James Douglas, and Victoria Native school
Thanks again to researcher Jakob Svorkdal of the University of Victoria for sharing another neat document of Chinook Jargon use in frontier-era Victoria, BC.