1867, WA: Indigenous strong language about politics
Totally un-translated Chinuk Wawa in the local paper, 114 historically significant words of Indigenous anger. Can you read it?
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1875 [1845], OR: The first Settlers spoke French and Chinuk Wawa, not English
Butteville, in Oregon Territory’s prairies françaises (French Prairie), got that name from an original French-speaking Settler; W.H. Rees tells us that the only other widely known language among those French-Canadians/Métis, at least as late… Continue reading
1900, BC “humour”: A salmon deal
A few years into the post-frontier era, we have a “local colour” newspaper piece in Vancouver, British Columbia, that relies on Chinook Jargon for some humour.
1871, OR: “Indian council at Salem”, for back-translation into Grand Ronde Chinuk Wawa
An early reservation-era meeting in Oregon’s capital city was a Who’s Who of important Jargon speakers.
1897, WA: Traditional “clisquis houses”
An untranslated Chinook Jargon term is used for a traditional style of dwelling on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington state…
1882, BC: “Chinooke Clahowyah Queen’s Tenass” to the Viceroy
It’s not great Chinook Jargon, but it’s Chinook Jargon in public.
1923, WA: Still another McCluskey – Eldridge letter in Jargon!
We’ve found a number of letters written between Mr McCluskey and Mr Eldridge; it’s wonderful to discover yet another of their Northern Dialect gems…
Culture lessons: Things Chinook Jargon doesn’t do…asking ‘WHAT to do’, ‘WHAT to say’, etc.
It’s extremely well documented in the Northern Dialect that we don’t usually ask ‘What should I do?’ etc.
1884, OR: We just keep finding Lord’s Prayer translations; here’s a home-brewed one
We’ve found many Jargon translations of the Christian “Lord’s Prayer”; here’s one that was obviously cooked up at home.