A non-CJ "tyhee"

[Duane Pasco]

Roy.......
	The Gitk'san name for generic fish is "Hon". Of course they have  
names for each species as well. I believe that Tyhee is a miss- 
spelled form of Tyee and the Gitk'san people probably used the term  
for the benefit of the Um-sewas [white men].
Duane Pasco

On May 17, 2007, at 9:47 AM, D Roy Mitchel IV wrote:

> There's the "tyee salmon," a.k.a. chinook salmon, a.k.a. king salmon.
> Is it more likely that the name "Tyhee"  here from 1866 is in fact  
> the CJ term as used by Gitxsan-speakers when talking with Boston men?
>
> Roy Mitchell
>
> Dave Robertson <ddr11 at UVIC.CA> wrote:
> A common alterate spelling of the word for 'chief' in Jargon is .
> The following is from a BC government website about Tyhee Lake  
> Provincial
> Park:
>
> "In 1866
> . . . .
> the present name, Tyhee, which means fish in the native Gitxsan  
> language."
>
> --Dave R
>
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