Early Chinuk Wawa loans into English
Today we find that by 1850, people already were using Chinook Jargon words in local English without having to explain themselves…
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Other Conundrums…Henry Tsang’s “Utter Jargon”
A site-specific Chinuk Wawa public art piece, Kamloops, 1993.
Edward “Golden Potlatch” Clayson part 2
I found out more of “Patriarch” Clayson’s background, and he wasn’t a southerner, he was British…
“Golden Potlatch” song in Chinuk Wawa
You know sparks will fly. A Jargon song, and lots of other Olympic Peninsula Chinook Jargon recollections, from an early settler who styled himself “The Patriarch”.
What thing is a shaman?
A clue about how Chinuk Wawa was used by artifact collectors in southeast Alaska, circa 1886:
Belgians & Chinook
Also worth a look, especially on a Sunday:
Our Oral Histories Are Our Iron Posts
The weekend is a good time to find a spare hour and read about some of the history that’s behind Chinuk Wawa, told by people in several Native communities.
A new Quileute => Salish => Chinuk Wawa discovery
At first I didn’t realize I’d discovered it 🙂 Does that still count?!
About the Shores of Puget Sound, 1871
[Edited immediately after publishing 🙂 to note — I’ve just realized that word sak-talm ‘paddle’ in Scammon’s article is another good mystery. More soon! DDR] Here’s a leisurely cruise guided by a knowledgeable pilot.
Fictional Chinook Jargon again
We have recourse to Your Ol’ Pal Irwin‘s definition of “atrocious music™” (no offense):