Mourning Dove re CJ items in Colville-Okanagan territory

[David Robertson]

Ukuk c'Em-pipa wik wawa khapa uk ChInUk Wawa ya-Latuwa khapa uk nsylxcin
(Ok/Colv Salish) wawa; kapit khapa uk ChInUk khapa Laska IlI'i.

[This message talks not about Chinook Jargon that went into the
Colville-Okanagan Salish language (nsylxcin); rather only about Chinook in
those folks' territory.]

Mourning Dove [Christine Quintasket], "Mourning Dove:  A Salishan
autobiography."  Lincoln:  University of Nebraska, 1990.
* tipsu / page 94:  '[at the Jesuit mission in Colville land, on the
occasion of one old man's death] [h]ymns were sung in Salish, Chinook
Jargon, and Latin.

* tipsu / page 228:  'In the winter of 1907, many animals froze to death.
Hardest hit was Coxit George, who lost most of his herd....Coxit means
"broken" in Chinook Jargon, the Northwest trade language.'

* tipsu / page 235:  '...landmark near Molson, WA[;] Hee Hee Stone.'  [A
natural landmark associated with various Southeast Interior Salishan
legends.]

Please let me recommend this book.  Mourning Dove was a wonderfully
insightful writer who was very generous with her traditional knowledge.

Best,
Dave


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