J. Ball & "no-no" languages @ Ft. Vancouver ca. 1832

[Dave Robertson]

Klahowya, kahta mesika?

George Lang <george.lang at UALBERTA.CA> wrote:

> John Ball's job, as he conceived it, was to discourage Wawa. He "dunced"
> them.
>
> Interesting to note that Cree was at the head of this list of languages
> spoken, also that French was a no-no alongside Wawa.

[Dave yaka mamook tzum:]
Also interesting that apparently Chinook Wawa *and French* were being spoken amongst the pupils in the school.  So not just the former was the lingua franca of these kids -- ?

Given that most of their moms were Indian, and most of their dads French Canadian, might the kids have tended to speak both of these as first  languages?


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