"Chinook" Jargon in Haida Gwaii before 1800? [fwd from D. Lewis]

[Dave Robertson]

From:    David Lewis <coyotez at OREGON.UOREGON.EDU>

Dave and others,

It would be interesting to compare these words, vocabulary, with those taken by the Spanish at Nootka. I was not able to effectively scan the Nootka word list in "The Men With Wooden Feet," but that list was used by Americans on the Columbia to speak effectively with the people there. It seems that there may be a case for a wider regional proto-Jargon, that predates much of the fur trade.

David Lewis





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