Here’s a nice longish text from a someone who lived through Washington State’s pioneer times, to his peers. Including a joke.  Advertisements

I’ve shared TW Davenport’s memoir (written by 1907) where he said he and other pioneer Chinuk Wawa speakers called themselves “Chinookers”.

Here is a small exercise that to my knowledge I’m the first to try: figuring out which of the Stevens Treaties signers were conversant in Chinook Jargon.

This guy is really good! Remembering the early reservation period in Umatilla, Oregon…

Wrapping things up:

Very low probability of this reflecting “shipboard English”, but the chance of a connection between Chinuk Wawa and other pidgin languages will entice some creolists…

Here’s a good one: banning Native immigration!

Thank goodness, there’s another fine book by BC’s master historian Jean Barman to share with you!

  Short and sweet: no more slavery.

That feeling when you get hooked on this language is portrayed in a video clip: (I hope this video embeds & shows up all right!)https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/embed/fe09ff12-e8d2-4fbc-941e-3ab444a48b67?autoplay=false