Hidden discoveries: Extinct animals & creole-pidgin ethnozoology (Part 4)
One last term that we hadn’t known is one that we thought only referred to the introduced species Equus ferus caballus (the horse).
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Peytavin’s letter from Cheam, BC
A missionary reports from somewhere down the Fraser River: rumors are swirling in Stó:lô Salish territory near Vancouver.
Samuel Hancock’s “Thirteen Years [give or take] on the Northwest Coast”
A fella I don’t reckon I knew much about came early to Northern Oregon (pre-Washington Territory) & noted plenty of Chinook Jargon there…
Damn cold, damn hot
Another of our occasional looks at another West Coast pidgin language…
Grand Ronde Chinuk Wawa in the “Kalapuya Texts” (part 2: More CW words)
Part 2: MORE CHINOOK JARGON WORDS: In part 1 of this mini-series, we saw the list put together by Melville Jacobs of the Chinuk Wawa words he noticed being used in K’alapuyan languages… Continue reading
Is ‘naked’ in Upper Chehalis part-Chinuk Wawa?
Uncovering another stealth loan that streaked past previous researchers…
Grand Ronde Chinuk Wawa in the “Kalapuya Texts” (part 1)
I’m starting another mini-series, making the case that there’s much, much more Grand Ronde Chinuk Wawa in a classic collection of “Kalapuya Texts”.
Saibashi, sasquatch, Toisan, BC
For several years, I’ve been wanting to write more about saibashi…
Hidden discoveries: Extinct animals & creole-pidgin ethnozoology (Part 3)
Shifting to quite common species, we learn on page 221 of the mid-1850s railroad survey about the Franklin’s grouse…