Sailors have clews. B^)

[Nadja Adolf]

Probably completely unrelated, but the clew is a portion of the sail.

nadja

> Hi...purty long of a message...interesting early recording of "Boston"
> and "King George"...is "clue" presumably Haida Jargon?  Intriguing
> comments
> about language use about halfway down.  --  Dave
>
>
> Dave,
>
> Thanks for this interesting text. I had seen references to the Sturgis
> journal, but not the thing itself. Does anyone know if it exists in any
> accessible form?
>
>
> "Clue", "clew" and "cluto" for ship or canoe are recorded by Ingraham,
> Hoskins and Bishop in Haida waters in the early 1790s. Although I like your
> suggestion about "crew", I'm guessing this is real Haida, but haven't been
> able to check.
>
> Ross Clark
>