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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>this is from a chee bictoli siks:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><EM><FONT face=Arial size=2>Found a reference to trade language at Fort
Yukon in the 1860's! - they called it Broken Slave. "It is a language which has
that name perhaps from the preponderance of Slave words in it; but it is
composed of English, French, Cree and Loucheux, besides Slave. It is
a most extraordinary language in its way: the number of words in it is very
limited. It is used by the officers and the servants of the Company in
their ordinary intercourse with the Indians, and it serves very well for common
purposes. Most of the young men among the Indians speak it."
R. McDonald (Anglican Minister at Fort Yukon) 1863.<BR></FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>nesika chee siks, yaka mamook skookum yiem. yaka
mamook hyas kloshe tzum pe kloshe shantie, pe yaka hyas tikegh
lelang.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>but </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>but i've
forgotten how to "sign up" with this listserv, so i don't know what to tell
her.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>please advise.</FONT></DIV>
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