FW Howay 1943 “Origin of the Chinook Jargon on the Northwest Coast” (post-contact)
One of the very smartest pieces ever published about Chinuk Wawa’s history, was written by a BC judge.
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1794: The earliest possible date for Chinook Jargon
To provoke your thoughts on the origin of Chinuk Wawa…
1904: Riot at Nootka, and echoes of Sir James Douglas!
Settler readers understood the Chinuk Wawa argument reported below without translation…
More about General Pickett & a Jargon “Lord’s Prayer”
“Pickett and His Men” is a popular biography by [Mrs.] Lasalle Corbell Pickett (2nd edition; Atlanta, GA: The Foote & Davies Company) of her husband, Confederate States of America General George — one… Continue reading
Is ‘dance’ in Jargon ONLY from English?
Nothing earth-shaking here 🙂
HMCS Nootka
In the Canadian uniformed services, you sometimes find mottos in Chinuk Wawa… …Here’s yet another for our collection. Quoting from Wikipedia: HMCS Nootka was a Tribal-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian… Continue reading
Qʷi·qʷi·diččaqa: The Jargon in Makah
Here is another Indigenous language of the northern coastal regions that preserves quite a bit of good Chinuk Wawa…
Dr. John Scoulerʹs journal & the expansion of Jargon beyond the lower Columbia
[Editing on 09.26.2021 to correct my headline — I don’t see evidence of CW beyond the Fort Vancouver area in Scouler’s or anyone else’s documents at the time. DDR] Often when we’re researching… Continue reading
Chinook Jargon as a BC Aboriginal language
The following is an argument I wrote up as a grad student, a few years back. It’s keenly relevant now, eh?
Early evidence for Chinook Jargon: 1813
1813 would be early evidence for extensive Chinook Jargon use. On this point, I’m in agreement with Robert Francis Jones, the modern editor of “Annals of Astoria: The Headquarters Log of the Pacific… Continue reading