<shabon> ... this gets kind of technical ...

[David Lewis]

At 12:15 AM 04/02/2000 -0800, you wrote:

>  Rather, I might expect any
>>European-derived loan [heh heh, sorry!] term for this concept to have
>>entered CJ via frequent, and perduring, contact between Indians and
>>cheechako -- i.e. in and near permanent settlements.
>
>There were no permanent settlements pre-1858.

What is this definition of permanent settlement? Indigenous peoples had
permanent settlements. And in Oregon, Jason Lee, and McLaughlin had
permanent settlements established before this time. Maybe you mean in BC?

David

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