1911, Oregon: The “Chinook choir” and more
Whoops ‘n’ hymns, mixin’ it up!
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1904: Still another version of the Civil War code-letter story
Tradition! Tradition!
Ikta Dale McCreery yaka t’ɬap (Part 13: stresses, running fast, and more)
Our friend Dale McCreery PhD has sometimes sent reports on bits of Chinook Jargon he notices in the area of Bella Coola, British Columbia.
1913: Jimhillkameen!
A Chinuk Wawa-only notice in a southern BC newspaper was well understood by the locals.
1917, The Dalles, OR: Seufert Bros. Co. v. USA etc.
A US court case involving a Settler cannery at The Dalles, Oregon, trying to oust Yakama tribal people from their usual and accustomed fishing places in the post-frontier era, involved a considerable bit… Continue reading
AF Chamberlain’s field notes of Chinuk Wawa from SE British Columbia (Part 12: mend, bad, strong water, tired)
And still more new discoveries!
Bob Nims’s 1891 Gill with German notes: Can you read them?
Crowd-sourcing challenge: Can you read these penciled notes?
1893, BC: “wowwow man” found
Here’s a new discovery in Jargon.
1894: To civilize Indians
This was a well-illustrated article about the Chinook Jargon newspaper “Kamloops Wawa”.
Kamloops + other residential schools, as reported to Native people in Chinook (Part 15: brass band and Bengal fire; summer vacation)
Still early in the residential school era for British Columbia, we find this English-language report.