Chinook Indians (fwd)

[David Robertson]

Qhata mayka?

The newspaper column referred to below is itself a bit of NW lore, also
known as "Mike Mailway".  Hayu masi khapa na phapa pi mama pus ukuk...

Alta na lhatEwa
Dave

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 16:17:00 EST
From: BobAnn53 at aol.com
To: Drobert at tincan.tincan.org
Subject: Chinook Indians

David: Did you see in this morning's paper in the L.M. Boyd Trivia article
the item about the Chinooks? It says: Chinook Indians had a special term for
the tribesman with a big stomach. "Hieu" meaning "plenty" and "macamuc"
meaning "to eat." It's how we came by that comfortable bit of vernacular for
a very important person - high mucky muck."