"Salmon eater" (fwd from ADS-L list)

[David D. Robertson]

Date:         Thu, 22 May 2003 18:49:10 -0400
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   A roundup from the latest volume of DARE....


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SALMON EATER

   DARE has 1947 for "a person from the Pacific Northwest."


(PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS)
  Nard Jones, Writer on Northwest; The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-
1973), Washington, D.C.; Sep 5, 1972; pg. C5, 1 pgs
("He once described himself as an 'unreconstructed Puget Sounder--a salmon
eater, an apple knocker, a rain worshipper, a sagebrusher, a whistle punk
from the big woods and a fancier of mountain peaks at sunrise.'")

  Where the States Got Their Names An Intimate Message from Washington; By
Neal Stanford; Christian Science Monitor (1908-Current file), Boston,
Mass.; Nov 30, 1955; pg. 24, 1 pgs

  THE "LAST FRONTIER" GOES DRY.; Alaska, "Where They "Took Their Whisky
Straight," Dons White Ribbon.; The Washington Post (1877-1954), Washington,
D.C.; Dec 1, 1916; pg. 6, 1 pgs
("Surge up, you Siwashes and salmon eaters.")

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