klahowya (fwd)

[Jeffrey Kopp]

I had heard somewhere and accepted myself that klahowya came from
klahowyum, supposedly called out by approaching natives (as solicitation
of aid, reassurance of peaceful intent, or as a trading/bargaining
technique), and misunderstood by the explorers as "the common
salutation."

(I also wonder if the common American cliche about an Indian greeting of
"How" is actually derived from "Klahowya.")

On Tue, 19 Jan 1999 20:09:54 -0800, you wrote:

>[Barbara, I'm on a rampage of forwarding today.  :-)  Thus your note is
>showing up in the public forum.  Kloshe-na?         -- Dave]
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>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Tue, 19 Jan 99 16:25:06 PST
>From: GRADMA at UVVM.UVIC.CA
>To: David Robertson <drobert at TINCAN.TINCAN.ORG>
>Subject: Re: klahowya
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>Dave:
>
>The "Clark, how are ya?" etymology for 'klahowya' refers to the Clark of
>Lewis and..., when they arrived at the mouth of the Columbia. Not nit-
>picking, just keeping the record straight.
>
>Barbara.