1866: One Clayoquot Siwash could kill 3 man-of-war’s men
Among other things, the following frontier-era anecdote adds yet more proof that English man-of-war was an established Chinuk Wawa word in the Vancouver Island area…
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sáliks under the influence of “sullen”?
sáliks under the influence of “sullen”? First off, “sullen” is one of the White stereotypes of Indigenous people’s behaviour…
Erskine and “Nes Persy”
I had read of a White kid who spent a goodly part of his childhood in the household of Nez Perce chief Joseph…
Coming soon: Keizer peace poles, with Chinuk Wawa
Heads up — you’ll be seeing more Chinuk Wawa in public in Keizer, Oregon soon.
Another Fort Vancouver CW word from Canadian French
You can read something a thousand times before it sinks in…
1924: Seattle and Environs: a new old CW vocabulary
An obscure but original (and good) Chinuk Wawa lexicon from Puget Sound deserves more attention…
More clues in Franchère 1820
I’ve long owned a copy of Gabriel Franchère’s memoir of life at Fort Astoria (Pacific Fur Co.) in the early 1810s…
Pâquet on Demers, and me on the recency of Chinuk Wawa
Also thanks to Prof. Peter Bakker: this book excerpt…
1820: Franchere, Relation d’un voyage…
Another thanks is due to Prof. Peter Bakker, for sending me this original French-language version of Gabriel Franchère’s valuable early Chinuk Wawa vocabulary.
Nice example of tíki = ‘try’
I’ve recently written about how Chinuk Wawa expresses ‘attempting to do’ something…