Ma lhush wek ma IskEm stIk-tala! ("Quiz")

[David Robertson]

Lhush tEnEs-pulakli, shiks,

Qhata mEsayka?

Ukuk "subject" c'Em ya wawa "Don't take any wooden nickels!"  :-)

1)	Khapa anqEti "Hayash LhaXayEm Tayms" (The Great Depression), tEnEs
hayu tawn khapa Washington lhaska mamunk tala khapa tEnEs stIk.

	->Tenino, WA, ya munk 1 sent, 5 sent, 10 sent, 25 sent, pi khakwa,
	khapa pExwati stIk (wik-saya khakwa phepa).  Yawa lhaska munk wEXt
	"tax tokens" khapa stIk, pi BastEn tayi-man lhaska wawa, lhush
	alta, dreht khakwa lhush BastEn chIkEmIn ukuk.  ("Tenino" dreht
	ChInuk Wawa, ma kEmtEks?)

	->South Bend, WA ya munk stIk khapa "Willapa Harbor Currency".
	
	->Pi nEsayka tayi-tawn, Olympia, WA, ya munk "Oyster money", dreht
	khakwa pus ma nanIch lhoxwlhoxw ("chetlo") lhaska munk khapa stIk!

2)	"Pilchuck" dreht khakwa "red water", pi Dale Chihuly ya tulu-tala
IlI7i ukuk.

3) 	"Tyee" dreht University of Washington ya bUk, lhaska munk yaka
khanawi wam-IlI7i...



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