TS Bulmer letter part 2 (Kamloops Wawa)

[David Robertson]

{Here it is again, I hope more legible.--Dave}

This is the 2nd installment of Dr. T.S. Bulmer's shorthand letter in
Chinook Jargon. The first part was in KW #24, and I've already posted it
here. Part 2 appears in KW #34 (10 July 1892, pages 6-7). Here it is with
English translation between the lines. Part 3 will come soon.


"Nawitka, nsaika komtaks ayu wawa mitlait
"Indeed, we know there are lots of words

kopa Boston Wawa; pi ayu taims Boston tilikom
in English; and many times White people

wawa tsipi wawa. Chinuk Wawa iaka
speak wrong. Chinook Jargon

drit tlus kopa Sawash: Spos klaska mitlait
is very good for Indians: If they have

xlwima lalang pi iaka drit tlus kopa Boston
different languages[;] and it's very good for Whites

pi kopa Sawash tilikom spos klaska tiki wawa
and for Indian people if they want to talk

kanamokst. Nawitka ukuk 'kaltash Chinuk Wawa'
together. Indeed this 'worthless Chinook Jargon'

iaka ilip tlus kopa ixt lalang kopa saia ilihi
is better than another language from a distant place

kax ayu Sawash mitlait. Ukuk Sawash mitlait
where lots of Indians live. These Indians have

ayu xlwima lalang. Iawa spos klaska mitlait
many different languages. There if they have

xlwima lalang klaska wawa kopit ixt lalang iaka
different languages they talk just one language

nim Sain Lalang, kakwa spos klaska wawa kopa
called Sign Language, meaning they talk with

klaska lima. Spos Sawash pi Boston tilikom
their hands. If Indian and White people

klaska tiki wawa kanamokst, klaska wawa ukuk
want to talk together, they talk this

Sain Lalang, lima lalang. Ixt man iaka nim
Sign Language--hand language. One man named

<Col. Garrick Mallery>, Kornil Girik Maliri,
Colonel Garrick Mallery

iaka drit komtaks ukuk lalang pi iaka mamuk ixt
is fluent in this language and he wrote a

buk kopa ukuk lalang. Dikshonri iaka nim.
book in this language. It's called a dictionary.

Kopa ukuk dikshanri iaka mamuk komtaks
In this dictionary he shows

kopa tilikom kopa kanawi lima wawa. Spos iaka
people all the hand signs. He could

mamuk komtaks tilikoms kopa ixt takamonak wawa."
teach people from [=who speak] a hundred languages."

--Dave R.

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