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Covered Wagon Women

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The letter of Anna Maria King, Luckiamute Valley, Oregon, April 1, 1846: [page 44:] The Indians appear to be very friendly, like to have the Bostons come, as they call them.   Tabitha Brown (1780-1858, co-founder… Continue reading

Sluiskin’s warning! Kloshe nanich!

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(Notice how I’m indulging in exclamations this week?!)

I preached the first sermon at White Salmon…in English anyway

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“Early Days at White Salmon and the Dalles”, by Camilla Thomson Donnell. Washington Historical Quarterly IV(1) [January 1913], pages 105-115. Page 109: Rev. Mr. Tenney gave me this incident. He said: “I preached the… Continue reading

Callipeen

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Chinookers will recognize “callipeen” as a Jargon word for “rifle”–or generically for “gun”.  I’m more used to the synonym “maskit” (musket), but both are valid. Like a lot of languages’ words for this… Continue reading

Chinook to the rescue

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From Everybody’s Magazine (did O. Henry really edit it?).  Volume X, number 2 (February 1904), page 292. “Delate hyas kloshe papah.  Halo kultus wawa kopa ocoke Konaway Tilacums.  Delate skoom kumamook [sic].  … Continue reading

From Copenhagen to Okanogan, part 4

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[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