Spanish vocabularies of Nootka

[David Lewis]

Alright, here are the references and a few quotes for you to mull over.

The Congressional Serial Set book reference: HD 45,17-2, v3, 65p [78]
That's House Documents, document #45, congress 17, session 2, volume 3, 65
pages in book #78.


Message from the President of the United States, Communicating the Letter
of Mr. Prevost, and other Documents relating to an establishment at the
Mouth of Columbia River. January 27, 1823


p. 7; Monte Rey, New California, 11th Novenber 1818.
"...from Lima, I proceeded, in his Majesty's sloop of war Blossom, to the
mouth of the Columbia, and entered the river on the 1st of October
following. ...on the 6th... I received, in the name, and on the part, of
the United States, the possession of the establishment at Fort George,..."
(this is Fort Astoria, renamed by the Northwest Company, Fort George, after
purchasing the property for $58,000 from McDougall, out from under J.J.
Astor the owner and financier.)

p.9;
"The natives, in appearance as well as in character, differ essentially
from those with us. They are less in stature, more delicately formed, and
singular in the shape of the head; which, in infancy, is compressed between
two small plates of wood or metal, so as in its growth to obtain the
semblance of a wedge."

p.9
"The language, on this side of the Falls, bears a strong analogy with that
of Nootka; so much so, that, with the aid of a Spanish vocabulary of the
latter, accompanying the voyage of Valdes, I could, notwithstanding the
imperfection in this mode of conveying and of obtaining sounds, express my
wants, and be perfectly understood."

next email I'll try to include an attachment of the Valdes Nootka vocabulary.
David






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