1862: Siletz chiefs’ speeches for back-translation into CW (Part 3 of 6)
nayka wáwa drét háyú mási kʰapa David Gene Lewis, PhD.
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1862: Siletz chiefs’ speeches for back-translation into CW (Part 2 of 6)
nayka wáwa drét háyú mási kʰapa David Gene Lewis, PhD.
1889: Amicably settled, in Chinook Jargon
The dialogue in the following incident took place in Chinuk Wawa…can you imagine it?