Father FM Thomas, OMI

[Theresa Kishkan]

Hi Dave,

There's a section on Father Thomas in the Sound Heritage Series Number 34, Now You Are My Brother,published in 1981. I bet UVic has the whole series (many of them were edited by the late Charles Lillard though this was edited by Margaret Whitehead...). If you can't find it, let me know and I'll make a copy of the chapter on Father Thomas.

Theresa Kishkan
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: David Robertson 
  To: CHINOOK at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG 
  Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2004 6:05 PM
  Subject: Father FM Thomas, OMI


  Does anybody here have information on this missionary's personality?

  Some items in archives suggest that Father Le Jeune of Kamloops Wawa fame
  may have had difficulty 'clicking' with Thomas.

  And Thomas' diaries are bizarre, a nearly illegible mixture of French,
  English and shorthand Chinook Jargon (often within one sentence!) that is
  a real headache to try reading.

  I doubt he was as much an oddball as Father AG Morice, whom I mentioned a
  few days ago, and who Le Jeune had difficulty getting along with.  Since
  Thomas corresponded with Le Jeune, was a fan of his Chinook shorthand, and
  used it till his death around 1950, I wonder what this man was like.

  --Dave R.

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