Coyote, Mink, Louse, PUNS
When you listen to the traditional stories, you get to reach your own conclusions. What do you think of mine? Here are some words for ‘louse’ in Salish languages of Chinook Jargon’s homeland,… Continue reading
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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
Roy I. Rochon’s “The Yakama guide who led the first Rainier ascent”
Roy I. Rochon Wilson has a neat historical piece in Centralia, WA’s The Chronicle (“Serving the greater Lewis County , Wash., area since 1889”) Friday, March 8th, 2013. The biographical note on the author tells… Continue reading