1851, OR: earliest doggerel poem is a masterpiece of Chinuk Wawa
Previously…: a California criticism of Oregonians’ love of Chinook Jargon.
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1894, WA: A judge who knows Chinuk Wawa knows “King George’s Men” is gender-neutral
Chinook Jargon was crucial in one judge’s decision in 1894.
BC, 1899: another eyewitness note on Indigenous folks’ widespread Chinuk Pipa literacy
Here is a really great eyewitness comment indicating what a large number of BC Indigenous people were literate in Chinuk Pipa,Β the “Chinook Writing”.Β
Lempfrit’s legendary, long-lost legacy (Part 27A, Confiteor, with copying mistakes and an early “silent AND”)
Yes, more good stuff for us to learn from. Here we have some very Catholic stuff.
Discovered misfiled in an archive: Previously unknown Father Le Jeune writings
Filed at the Washington State Library as the work of Bishop Paul Durieu (British Columbia) are two extensive documents in French.
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There is a π°£π±βπ°π±π° π°π±βπ°π± font!
Mid-Columbia pidgin sub-dialect of Central dialect of Chinook Jargon: Part 1 ‘donkey’
When folks commented in the past that each locale had a slightly different Chinuk Wawa, they rarely specified what they were noticing.
Hapi Nu Ya! And more.
Hapi Nu Ya!Β
The message on Chief Tumulth’s grave
Naika wawa masi kopaΒ River Tumulth — I thank River Tumulth — for raising this in a comment at the Facebook “Chinook Jargon” group.
1914: LBDB’s “Chinook-English Songs”, part 10 of 15 “Ole Chuch Illahee”
I appreciate Laura Belle Downey-Bartlett calling a church a church. Does that mean the War on Churches is over?!