Oregon immigrant of 1849, steamboat captain Daniel O’Neill (1826-????), tells of his later adventures in Australia where Grand Ronde-style Chinook Jargon came in handy.

A fairly charming incident…

Let’s quickly do away with a myth about Chinuk Wawa….

From a pretty racist newspaper article, let’s excerpt just its cartoon and one paragraph.

Good news and bad news, as this tale of misfortune goes on…

I sure wish I could’ve met and talked with this remarkable Syilx (Okanagan) man.

In the “Let’s Look at More West Coast Pidgin Languages” Department:

Kind of delayed, but not to worry: here’s part 3 of our mini-series, a 1913 collection of “Stories and Sketches from Pacific County“, by Isaac H. Whealdon.

A newish book that I recently finished, and found to be an absorbing reading experience, is Debra Gwartney’s mixed memoir-biography, “I Am a Stranger Here Myself“, dealing with the life of early Protestant… Continue reading →

Gory details ensue in this second part of a tragic mini-series…