1917, WA: Julia Pilchuck coins a word for a ‘truck’
There wasn’t yet a standard word for ‘trucks’ in English, yet, either, as you’ll see!
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1895, WA: David Denny’s Chinook canoe stolen (more Lushootseed / Chinook Jargon)
I haven’t yet tracked down what word of Lushootseed original Seattle settler of 1851 David Denny — you know, Louisa Boren’s hubby — was using as the name of his “Chinook canoe”…
Chinook Writing: “Ces pattes de mouche”!
I was reading archival documents the other day and found a delightful description of the Chinook shorthand writing.
1909, WA: “Taxes paid by prophetess”
Another portrayal of Native people as weather forecasters.
What does a really fluent “Lord’s Prayer” translation really say?
Today I’m simply showing you an accurate back-translation from Chinook Jargon to English.
Sentence of the day: Tying someone up = arresting them
I have pointed out that the colonizer custom of clapping cuffs on a culprit — arresting someone — is ‘tying’ them up, in many Indigenous languages, including Chinook Jargon.
Even more about ‘dog’ and Lower Chinookan
Thinking some more about Chinook Jargon’s kamuks(h) ‘dog’ here. In the “Chinook Texts” told by Q’ltí (Charles Cultee) to Franz Boas, ‘dog’ is usually -kíwu/iš/sx̣.
“Lakamin” unknown in (coastal) Northern Chinook Jargon?
My sources tell me that Habakkuk in the Bible makes a batch of “stew“…
Chinook Jargon in the news: More about the “Chinook State”
You might be interested to read more about the varying nicknames of Washington…
RIP Roy I. Rochon Wilson, 1927-2025
Our respects to Grandfather Roy I. Rochon Wilson, Itswwot Wawa Hyiu, Bear Who Talks Much, at his passing.