“Houn’ Dawg” song originated in Oregon
Today’s post was one of my favorites to write. It started with finding a Chinook song I hadn’t known before (always a thrill!), and it only got better as I followed the historical… Continue reading
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Lines to a klootchman
Here’s the masculine original “Lines to a Klootchman” to which the “answer song” poem was written. It will help you make sense of that poem, where some real queer-looking Chinook Jargon happens. In… Continue reading
Lines by a klootchman
From the Steilacoom (Washington Territory) Puget Sound Herald, Friday, October 14, 1859, front page I reckon. This one’s what was in early 1960s pop music called an “answer song” 🙂 (If you don’t… Continue reading
Atlantis Arisen: Or, Talks of a Tourist about Oregon and Washington
By Mrs Frances Fuller Victor. Philadelphia: JH Lippincott, 1891. Read below to help crowd-source an analysis of it! This book is pretty lightweight, being padded with secondary material from other people’s historical accounts:… Continue reading
Bella Coola Courier, May 31, 1913
The Bella Coola [BC] Courier, May 31, 1913: This newspaper issue carries a vivid full-front-page narrative of Empire Day celebrations at the Indian reserve in Bella Coola, British Columbia. Lots of interesting 100-year-old… Continue reading