Native employees of sealing ships

[Dave Robertson]

Only slightly off topic, but definitely of interest to some of the list 
members: One interesting source of information on Native people's work 
aboard sealing ships is "Reminiscences of the West Coast of Vancouver 
Island" by Rev. Chas. Moser, OSB (Kakawis, BC, 1926).  

Page 112, for example, tells about Nuuchahnulth men's work on Be(h)ring Sea 
sealers circa 1884.  

There's also information in the book about Mr. Guillod, the Indian agent 
who we know recorded a vocabulary of Chinook.  Also sociolinguistic hints, 
like people talking broken English, interactions with Chinese immigrants, 
and so on.  I also notice at least one Chinook Jargon name, "Tom-Sik 
Lepieds" [sic] (Tom Lame), on page 69.  

--Dave R

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