New Additions to the TW/Jeff's Jargon Web sites
Jeffrey Kopp
jeffkopp at TELEPORT.COM
Sun Oct 3 20:09:49 UTC 1999
New dictionaries on the Tenas Wawa/Jeff's Jargon web sites this
month, mostly gleaned from U Toronto/Canadiana.org.
A central table of contents to all of these listed is furnished at
www.geocities.com/~tenaswawa/dictnote.htm
Francois Norbert Blanchet, "Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, to
Which is Added Numerous Conversations, Thereby Enabling Any Person to
Speak Chinook Correctly" (Portland, Oregon) [1869?].
J.B. Good, "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" (Victoria, 1880).
[Hibben & Carswell,] "Dictionary of Indian Tongues, Containing Most
of the Words and Terms Used in the Tshimpsean, Hydah, & Chinook, with
Their Meaning or Equivalent in the English Language" (Victoria,
1862).
[Hudson Bay Employee,] "Chinook Jargon: Language used by the
Different Indian Tribes--French and Half-Breeds of Frazer's River,
Puget Sound and Surrounding Country, as the Means of Conversation
with Americans" [by an 'Old employee, formerly of the Hudson Bay
Company'] [18??].
[Hutchings & Rosenfield,] "Vocabulary of the Chinook Jargon: The
Complete Language Used by the Indians of Oregon, Washington Territory
and British Possessions" (San Francisco, 1860).
J.M.R. LeJeune, "Practical Chinook Vocabulary Comprising all & the
only usual words of that wonderful Language arranged in a most
advantageous order for the speedily learning of the same, after the
plan of Right Rev. Bishop Durieu O.M.I. the most experienced
Missionary & Chinook speaker in British Columbia." (Kamloops, B.C.,
1886).
Granville Stuart, "A Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, in Use Among
the Tribes of Oregon, Washington Territory, British Columbia, and the
North Pacific Coast, with Critical and Explanatory Notes" [1865?].
Victor Henry, "Esquisse d'une grammaire de la langue innok: étudiée
dans le dialecte des Tchiglit du Mackenzie, d'après la grammaire et
le vocabulaire Tchiglit du R.P. Petitot" [Paris? 1878?].
Fr. LeJeune's "Chinook Rudiments" (1924 version), added to the site
in its entirety (as scanned page images)
************Previous additions:**************
George C. Shaw's Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon added to the site,
in its entirety (in HTML)
Horatio Hale's Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon added to the site, in
its entirety (as scanned page images)
Rev. Modeste Demers' Chinook Dictionary, Catechism, Prayers and Hymns
added to the site, in its entirety (as scanned page images)
Myron Eells' 1894 article, "The Chinook Jargon," as it appeared in
The American Anthropologist, added to the site (as page images).
J. Hammond Trumbull's 1872 article, "On Some Words Derived From
Languages of N. American Indians," from the Transactions of the
American Philological Association, added to the site (as page
images).
George Gibbs' Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon added to the site, in
its entirety (in HTML)
Regards,
Jeff
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