Sequim Press, Part 1 (“Jamestown Pepah Wahwah”, 03/24/1922)
Thanks to a comment by Bob Walls, I’m launching a mini-series on the (Northern Dialect) Chinook Jargon writings of A.N. Taylor in the Sequim (WA) Press.
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1857, WA Territory: Mormon itinerants
Way back in the earliest times of frontier-era newspapers in Washington Territory, two things could be counted on.
More about Moose Dixon of northern Secwépemc land
Thanks to Leo Barker again!
1873: Memoirs of a Professional Lady Nurse
This is one of those “memoirs” of the frontier-era Pacific NW that seem more like fiction…
Boas 1892: Many discoveries in a short article (Part 24: ‘at that time’…or is it really ‘up to that time’?)
Still another “first” in Prof. Franz Boas’s brief 1892 article on “The Chinook Jargon“…
1907, WA: Among the exchanges
The passing of an important Native leader was reported with some Chinook Jargon.
1904: El Comancho doggerel, plus Lushootseed plus sort of muskrats
This brings down my opinion of El Comancho…
Old postcards (Part 5: Sahalie Falls, Oregon)
Today’s old postcard:
1856, Oregon: “Cumtux” reports on Native-Settler war
Writing from Wascopam (The Dalles area), a correspondent with a Chinuk Wawa pseudonym gives opinionated updates on the war that’s broken out.
More causes for híhi ‘laughter’
Chinook Jargon’s word meaning (fundamentally I think) ‘to laugh’ as well as ‘to play’ and the noun ‘(some) fun’ is híhi.