Morice: The Use and Abuse of Philology
Often we can spot Chinuk Wawa lurking behind the curtains, as other Northwest languages occupy center stage.
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1884: “Western rambles” and PNW folklore
Chinuk Wawa was invented by…
Myron Eells’s hymn book (Part 2: “Jesus Loves Me”)
This installment #2 in our mini-series was a really popular song in the Pacific NW, so we have audio of ancestors singing it…
1903, to an Italian polar explorer: Mika cumtux Chinook waw waw?
“Sprechen sie Deutsch? Parlez-vous français? Mika cumtux Chinook waw waw?”
1901: “Wilkins Micawber” talks Chinuk Wawa in Kansas?!
Neat question — to what extent is this a joke?
1912: Address delivered at…Grand Ronde! (Part 3 of 5: some Settler tyee talk)
Part 3 of 5, from a great little time capsule of Jargon from Grand Ronde…
1871: Broken China in Oregon
…He must’ve talked Chinook Jargon as well as Chinese Pidgin English…
1851: “Klah high ijurn”
Here we find some of the earliest published Chinuk Wawa, and it’s from the Grand Ronde area.
Kamloops Wawa pictures, part 12: Spahomin
An early view of Spahomin!
1882: Ave Maria in Chinuk Wawa — where did it come from?
There’s got to be a really interesting story behind this never-before-seen Chinuk Wawa text!