Myron Eells’s hymn book (Part 7 “Hebrew Children”)
Song #7 from Myron Eells’s little book, “Hymns in the Chinook Jargon Language“, 2nd (expanded!) edition (Portland, OR: David Steel, 1889):
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1911 [1850s]: Yamhill oldtimer’s reminiscence
Early days on the Grand Ronde Indian Reservation, with a Chinuk Wawa quotation from a Native man.
1909, Spokane, WA: An Aged Indian Finds Life Saver
I hadn’t heard of a Spokan(e) tribal elder called Sam Angdo, so it’s a pleasure to learn of him & his reliance on Chinook Jargon!
Kamloops Wawa pictures, part 17: Coldwater scenery
Here’s a contemporary photo of Coldwater, a Native village in the Nicola region of south-central British Columbia that was home to the first Indigenous “Chinuk Pipa” writer.
1882, Grand Ronde area: Lo under instruction
Yes, it’s a racist headline.
Jules Verne’s Chinook Jargon in “César Cascabel”
“César Cascabel” is an 1890 novel by the famous Jules Verne. It’s one of his less well known works, in the English-speaking world.
Lempfrit’s legendary, long-lost, linguistic legacy (Part 20)
The 20th pair of pages in this precious document again brings us plenty of stuff worth knowing about Chinook Jargon.
“Skookum papers” and Capilano in Robert Burnaby’s letters
Thanks to Alex Code for pointing out a very interesting source of info on frontier-era BC history!
1881, WA/NYC: Chinook As a Classical Dialect
Pacific Northwesterners, coming from the farthest fringe of frontier, could make New York City people feel like yokels, just by talking Chinuk Wawa!
And a variant way to say “genuflect”
We have some more “real-world religious words” today.