CJ in Hollywood

[Gregory Robison]

Kampala, 27 February 1999

I have waited for a lull in the scholarly discourse on infectious disease,
lexical borrowings, etc., to pose a trivia question (an open question; I
don't know the answer).  Does anyone know the story of how CJ came to be
used in the movie "Across the Wide Missouri"?  I think it starred Carey
Grant, and must date from the 1950's.  All the Indians spoke Jargon, whether
in field or forest, desert canyon or snowy mountain pass.  There was also
some pretty good Scottish dancing scenes in Montana, I think (pipers and a
sword dance...but no tyees in tartans).

Gregory Robison