De Québec à Victoria
The writer of the original lyrics to “O Canada” (they were in French!) witnesses BC intertribal protocols conducted in Chinook Jargon…
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Hines, Voyage around the world
Rev. Gustavus Hines, in his “Voyage around the World” (Buffalo, NY: George H. Derby and Co., 1850), is at pains to inform his readers that he’s editing out all “jargons”, starting with the… Continue reading
Olally prospects
Chinuk Wawa personal names! And a cool ethnobotany trick!
Nika tiki muck-a-muck
Frederick Dally (1838-1914) was a British photographer in frontier British Columbia (1862-1870) who had an eye for unique souvenirs.
Wake Cumtux Coulee, lol
A Chinuk Wawa place name that’s a pun!
Vancouver – False Creek: The true, inside story of the Kitsilano Reserve deal
The ever-popular “Chinook Jargon + shady politics” trope…
How he was sold
As direct linguistic evidence, this is not so hot, but it’s quite a revealing variation on a popular frontier-era joke about sociolinguistic expectations.
Pioneer Nig Saul
At points offensive, but well worth quoting in full, is this nationally circulated rare biographical remembrance of a very early African-American settler and Jargon speaker on the Lower Columbia.
Johny English
An untranslated post-frontier new article brings a bit of attempted humor in Chinuk Wawa.