Tilicum

[Andy Horton]

Hello,

Thanks for the enlightenment. I have certainly got more information that I
anticipated when I casually investigated the origin of the word TILICUM or
tIlEqEm or however it is spelt (which is preferred?)

So I now now unquestionably it is a Chinook Jargon word introduced to the
jargon from the Chinookan language (in the Penutian family of languages). 

What I do not know is what tribe(s) spoke the Chinookan language or from
what tribe used the word TILICUM or TILLICUM. 

The web search favours the Klikatat tribe from the Dalles and Deschutes
river area. However, the word may have been used by other tribes and I
cannot find out easily what tribe spoke what language in the first half of
the 19th century and earlier. 

Cheers

Andy Horton
bmlss at compuserve.com
England