Skin Tyee Band
Skin Tyee Nation: one band of the people sometimes known as “Babine” in northern BC. The name seems Chinook Jargon to me, as if it referred to a fur-trapping chief. A.k.a. Skin Tayi.… Continue reading
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Blazing the way, by Emily Denny
Blazing the Way: Or, true stories, songs and sketches of Puget Sound and other pioneers. By Emily Inez Denny. Seattle: Rainier Printing Company, Inc. 1909. I enjoyed noticing on page 33 of this… Continue reading
Caroline Leighton, Life at Puget Sound
“Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon, and California, 1865-1881″ Boston: Lee and Shepard / New York: Charles T. Dillingham, 1884 The title and subtitle tell you… Continue reading
Townsend’s narrative: Bird Chief and the Indian dogs
J.K. Townsend. 1839. Narrative of a journey across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River… Philadelphia: Henry Perkins. At least in the Chinook Jargon world, this book by an influential naturalist is an… Continue reading
Andy Brown sings a Chinook Jargon drinking song
At the Alaska Native Language Center online archives site, you can listen as “Andy Brown sings a Chinook Jargon drinking song.” In the 1975 Ahtna Noun Dictionary by Mildred Buck and James Kari, Andy… Continue reading
Taylor Ikt, Taylor Mokst, Taylor Klone and Taylor Lakit
In the [Port] Alberni [BC] Advocate of February 27th, 1914, on page 2, column 1, is an item titled “Kew Flagstaff”. Alberni Advocate 02 27 1914 – Taylor Ikt Mokst Klone Lakit It deals… Continue reading
Speidel, Sons of the Profits
Speidel, William C. 1967. Sons of the profits: Or, there’s no business like grow business! / The Seattle story, 1851-1901. Seattle, WA: Nettle Creek Publishing Company. An entertaining local history, told with a… Continue reading
From Copenhagen to Okanogan, part 4
[Final installment. See previous episodes for more info on this fascinating pioneer memoir…life in the Okanogan Highlands of Washington State, 1880s-1930s. Most of what I’ve excerpted in this blog happened in the last… Continue reading