Quiz: Diary of William Ashley (1825)
Dave Robertson
tuktiwawa at NETSCAPE.NET
Tue Dec 12 03:12:11 UTC 2000
Howdy again,
William Ashley, at the early date of Spring 1825, traveled overland from
the [eastern] USA to the Oregon country. Herewith an excerpt from his diary
of that voyage:
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Names of Animals &[c] in Ute Language
[...] cabar horse Moura Mule
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The quiz question is, did these words come into the "Ute" (perhaps referring
to Paiute) language from
a) Chinuk-wawa
b) French or
c) Spanish?
Dave
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