Naika mirsi tomtom, as Liplit Le Jeune would write
Dave Robertson
tuktiwawa at NETSCAPE.NET
Thu Nov 23 21:57:28 UTC 2000
Happy American Thanksgiving!
Naika mirsi tomtom (I'm thankful-hearted) pus ukuk tanas tsem pepa, iaka
chako kopa Jim Holton kopa California ilihi:
"Cha-lee [C. Milt. Moore],
"Mica wah-wa copa Plank Henly (Frank Henry) he-he wah-wa (humor) copa okoke
Maly's tenas sheep dilate closh. Plank yaka chaco halo (memaloose).
Wake-siah konawe delate ahncutty tillicum memaloose. Copet nica pee Albion
Smith mitlite copa Stechas (Olympia).
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"Hally.
"[addressed to:] C. Milt. Moore, Lallabee House, Wake-siah Wahlametchuck.
"P.S. Closh mica clawa nanitch George E. Himes - Nica potlatch yahka icht
hee-hee Siwash wah=wa copa "Oakoak House Jack Mahmook" - (The House that
Jack Built) by Robert G. Stuart. (Lobert Stlirt)[sp.?]
"May 8, 1918
"[P.P.S.] To-by pee T'h-P'h pee Poo! Hi-u "poo" copa Flance. Boston
tillicum poo ma-sah-chie Hun. Alki Kizars [??] Tyee Hun chaco halo.
"[P.P.P.S.] Na-wit-ka, "FIel Sauer" Dick Wood huy-huy moos'-moos pee co-sho
yuk-wa alta. "Whooey-whoey climinwhit" (swap lies)."
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Weh't naika mirsi-tomtom pus kanawi msaika drit tiki komtaks Chinuk wawa!
Dave
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