Historical Chinook Material Online?

[Jeffrey Kopp]

This is a terrific site.  A full-text search for "Chinook Jargon"
(exact phrase match) brought back 30 titles, including all those
listed below, and several books I haven't yet acquired copies of for
my library.  The files are individual page scans, very nicely done
greyscale .GIFs with good contrast, which may be viewed one after
another by selecting the "next" link on each page.  The pages may
also be downloaded as .PDF files--but alas, only individually, so
those with slow 'net connections will have to spend some time
downloading each page one at a time.  The pages can be printed
directly from your browser or using Adobe Reader.

It's easy to get around this site; clicking on "English" at the front
page takes you directly to the search engine.

Thanks very much to Peter for the link to this new site.

Regards,

Jeff

On Sat, 5 Jun 1999 11:08:02 -0700, you wrote:

>The following message was copied onto the BC Teacher-Librarian list. There
>seems to be an exciting quantity of historical text  available on-line.
>
>A subject search of "Chinook" brought up eight titles. I have not had time
>to examine all of them yet, but a quick preliminary survey indicates the
>the kind of material that will interest readers of the Chinook list.
>
>Peter Cawley
>pcawley at island.net
>
>
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>
>1)  Dictionary of the Chinook jargon
>   36 pages.
>   (Victoria, B.C. : T.N. Hibben, 18-- )
>
> 2) Bibliography of the Chinookan languages (including the Chinook jargon)
>   Pilling, James Constantine, 1846-1895.
>   97 pages.
>   (Washington : G.P.O., 1893.)
>
>3)  An international idiom : a manual of the Oregon trade language, or
>"Chinook jargon" / by Horatio Hale.
>   Hale, Horatio, 1817-1896.
>   107 pages.
>   (London : Whittaker, 1890.)
>
>4)  Chinook first reading book : including hymns, syllabary and vocabulary
>/ by J.M.R. Le Jeune.
>   Le Jeune, J. M. R. (Jean Marie Rapha=EBl), 1855-1930.
>   7 pages.
>   (Kamloops B.C. : s.n. , 1893.)
>
>5)  Esquisse d'une grammaire de la langue innok .
>   Henry, Victor, 1850-1907.
>   41 pages.
>   (Paris? : s.n., 1878? )
>
>6)    Chinook dictionary, catechism, prayers and hymns
>   Demers, Modeste, 1809-1871.; Blanchet, Francis Norbert, 1795-1883.
>   76 pages.
>   (Montreal : s.n. , 1871.)
>
>7)  A vocabulary and outlines of grammar of the Nitlakapamuk or Thompson
>tongue : the Indian language spoken between Yale, Lillooet, Cache Creek and
>Nicola Lake : together with a
>phonetic Chinook dictionary, adapted for use  in the province of British
>Columbia / by J. B. Good.
>   Good, J. B. (John Booth), 1833-1916.
>   48 pages.
>   (Victoria, B.C.?: s.n. , 1880)
>
> 8)  Dictionary of the Chinook jargon : to which is added numerous
>conversations, therby enabling any person to speak
>   Chinook correctly.
>   Blanchet, F. N. (Fran=E7ois Norbert), 1795-1883.
>   29 pages.
>(Portland, Or. : S.J. M'Cormick, 1869? )