Chinook fire? Another "Chinook" expression

[David Robertson]

Naika tlus siks, naika tiki wawa kopa msaika.

In Kamloops Wawa #201, June 1902, on page 140, a procession in honor of
Mary and Joseph at the Syilx (Okanagan) village of Quilchena is described
this way:

"Tilikom lolo klahani ayu Chaina lantirns pi mamuk ayu Chinuk paia..."

("The people carried outside many Chinese lanterns and made lots of
Chinook fires...")

Am I translating this right?

Could this have been a misprint for "Chaina paia", which maybe
meant "fireworks"?

(Thanks to Janet Catterall of USask Libraries for the photocopy.)

--Dave R.

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