1897: Kulturarbeiten in Britisch-Columbien
Here’s something different!
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1898, Portland, OR: Red Men banqueted!
The printed menu of an Improved Order of Red Men (a Settler club) banquet in post-frontier Oregon was titled in Chinook Jargon…
1914: LBDB’s “Chinook-English Songs”, part 5 of 15 “Wah, Hy-as Chuck Cooley”
More of Laura Belle Downey-Bartlett’s odd use of Chinuk Wawa for you today, in this long-delayed episode.
1895, Seattle: “1753 — Ankuti. 1895 — Okoke Sun.”
Bit of a boo-boo there!
1890, Salem, OR: The Chinook Club + earlier Grand Ronde pronunciation
The following long quotation in Jargon has all the earmarks of “Whites playing Indian”…
Lempfrit’s legendary, long-lost, linguistic legacy (Part 22)
The 22nd pair of pages (mis-numbered as “21” on the original page) from this precious document again brings us plenty of stuff worth knowing about Chinook Jargon.
1922: John W. Pettigrew doggerel
John W. Pettigrew sent his local Oregon newspaper “a specimen verse of genuine handmade Oregon poetry”, asking for people’s evaluations of it.
1915: Ed “Patriarch” Clayson, advocate for Chinuk Wawa
A Settler with an interesting back story was remembered, in large part, for his advocacy of Chinook Jargon!
1890, Tulalip, WA: A new Indian Agent thinks his Jargon is superior
As the country moved along from the frontier era into thinking it was modern, a number of tendencies characterized Native relations with the US government.
1910: “Kolaham Kloosh Tillicum Midlile”
My nerdy hobby: deciphering badly spelled Chinuk Wawa 😊