The Devil's shaking my hand and he's dragging me to Hell

[David Robertson]

This seemed like a pretty expressive use of Chinuk Wawa:

"Liiam iaka iskom naika lima, pi iaka hol naika kopa Kikwili Paia..."

(Literally, to the down-below fire.)

This was said by an Okanagan man named Abel who went crazy (chako piltin /
lost iaka latit) and died.

It's quoted in Kamloops Wawa #68, 5 March 1893, page 39.

Please let me know if I'm posting too many of these.  I think of them as
micro-lessons in Jargon.

Klahawiam.  Naika nim:

--Dave R.

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