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The work of Tom MacInnes

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Chinook Days, by Tom MacInnes.  1926.  Vancouver: Sun Publishing Co. Ltd. It’s seldom that I find myself promoting the work of an avowed fascist in this blog.  But as some used to say… Continue reading →

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Lines to a klootchman

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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 →

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Lines by a klootchman

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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 →

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Atlantis Arisen: Or, Talks of a Tourist about Oregon and Washington

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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 →