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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am thrilled to find out what some of these words
are!!! "Labush"....and I was looking for a placename on a map!
lol ! And the name of the horse too....! There are other
letters which mention the words "klutch"....I thought it was some word in
Plattdeutsch. When I was 10 my father told me that my grandfather spoke
fluent Chinook....but I really had no idea what Chinook was.... I
think my Washington State history teacher was remiss.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Here are a couple of excerpts from history books I've got on
hand. The first one is a tale about the Indian Hyasman, and the
second one mentions my grandfather Hubert as well as Hyasman. My
great grandfather probably learned Chinook in the 1850's when he was
prospecting for gold in the Rogue River area. He probably
taught it to his family.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Wynooche Valley</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This wild region where the river roared each year
lured the Indian Hyasman into mysterious comings and goings. Each early autumn
Hyasman poled his shovel-nosed canoe to the gorge, hid it -- he thought -- from
prying eyes, and disappeared into the timber. With the September freshet he
whisked down the river with enough gold to last him for a year. He was so
secretive that no white man ever found his source for the yellow
metal. For that matter, few whites ever saw Hyasman's gold; but
apparently he had it, for he spent it. Several whites had followed Hyasman
upstream, a few to where he had cached his canoe, but were never able to trace
him beyond the cache. For that reason there was no "gold rush" on the
Wynooche.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>[A likely story.....today that area is a good
source for gravel....]</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"Hyasman, a truly celebrated character along the
Satsop who, among other things, was said to have once scalped a
man." another name mentioned alongside Hyasman is Billy Quaick (I
have pictures of Billy with family members)...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"In winter or summer, according to the desire and
luck of one or two of the boys, they had venison, elk, or bear meat. Once or
twice a year Pete say, with Hubert or Albert -- one of the boys always remained
at the home place -- went up near the headwaters of the Satsop to hunt a few
days and to return back downriver with a dugout filled with meat. Old Hyasman
occasionally went along. On one such trip the hunting had been poor, and for two
days the hunters had little to eat except boiled potatoes and one piece of fish,
which had been thrown together to make a sort of mulligan. For a new meal,
Hubert, who was cooking, would simply add a little more water. Old Hyasman stood
this for four meals, then revolted, "Hiyu chuck," he grunted, "hiyu chuck",
which in Siwash means there is plenty, or even too much, of water."</FONT></DIV>
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