Local history: “The removal of the Kalapuyan people”
An interesting article by Kimberli Fitzgerald in the Salem (OR) Reporter several days ago examines the history of the area’s K’alapuya people.
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More about Boas 1916 [Anonymous 1791] “Vocabularies from the Northwest Coast of America”
I haven’t identified which British or USA sailing vessel it’s associated with, yet…
[1850s:] “Memoirs of Orange Jacobs”
A major figure of Settler society in Washington Territory was Orange Jacobs (1827-1914).
1904 [1858+]: Prosch “Reminiscences of Washington Territory”, and the growth of Northern CW
Charles Prosch was a New Yorker who came to San Francisco on purpose, then more accidentally to Puget Sound in Washington Territory in February 1858.
BC Chinook discovery: “másháchi-bòks”
A.k.a. “mesahchie box” / “mesatchie box” / “mesachie box”; I thought I’d discussed this phrase before, but this is my first mention of this discovery on this site.
1887: Chinuk Wawa essential for BC Indian Agent
People fought political fights over the appointment of a Mr. Fagan as Indian agent in BC’s late frontier period…
1913: “Communication” about “Chocko Mika” and “Chah-ko Mika”
New news about an established community celebration in Nelson, southeastern British Columbia.
1872: Some Sitka people talk Chinook already
Just 5 years into the US colonization of Alaska Territory, Chinook Jargon was already an important presence among Lingít (Tlingits) in the southeastern “pandhandle”.
1888: C.G. Leland on “Der Chinook-Jargon”
This old article is new to me, and really interesting to find. (Image credit: Hulton Archive)
“Chief Sluskin’s True Narrative” for back-translation
The words of Yakama Chief Sluskin are ready for back-translation!