Quiz: Diary of William Ashley (1825)

Dave Robertson tuktiwawa at NETSCAPE.NET
Tue Dec 12 03:12:11 UTC 2000


Howdy again,

William Ashley, at the early date of Spring 1825, traveled overland from
the [eastern] USA to the Oregon country.  Herewith an excerpt from his diary
of that voyage:

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Names of Animals &[c] in Ute Language
[...] cabar horse Moura Mule
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The quiz question is, did these words come into the "Ute" (perhaps referring
to Paiute) language from

a)  Chinuk-wawa
b)  French or
c)  Spanish?

Dave



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