Meacham's CJ in Oregon 1870

[Aron Faegre]

OK Mike,

Quit making fun of me.  But I'll give it a try.  Please forward BC recipe for
kinnikinick and directions for use!

Aron

Mike Cleven wrote:

> > > > p. 25 Kin-ni-ki-nick
> > > > tobacco
> > >
> > > What _is_ the etymology of kinnikinick, anyway?  It's used in old Jargon
> > > and still in BC slang English in the Interior; but what language is it
> > > from and what does it really mean?
> >
> > Of course you know it is now the common name of a plant Arctostaphylos uva
> > ursi, which was supposedly smoked.  Its a very common plant here in the
> > Willamette Valley, especially is well drained soils where there is a good sun
> > exposure.
>
> "Supposedly smoked"??  :-)  Twenty years ago or so anyone who grew up in
> countryside the Fraser Canyon or Cariboo-Okanagan regions had probably
> tried it at least once.  "Supposedly" here has to make me smile.  Alan
> Hartley provided the original etymology here - Unami Delaware, from a
> root meaning "mix"; another term that's far from home.