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[Linda Fink]

Sure glad you clarified this, Dave. I thought the first part of the letter
must have been talking about some medical healing paper this man had read
and learned much from that kept his whole family well. Although I didn't
understand why he would say moonk (mamuk) pipa unless he learned from making
a paper on healing himself. See how confused I can get when things are out
of context? ...Linda



"naika chako drit komtaks mamuk pipa 
pi naika papus iaka tlus iaka 
ilo sik pi naika klutshman wiht iaka ilo
sik pi wiht naika ilo sik kapit"
 
You will notice the lack of punctuation.  This man is actually talking 
about two separate topics.  I included the first just because it's neat to 
get an idea of the enthusiasm the First Nations people had for the Chinook 
shorthand in the mid-1890s.  Here's a somewhat literal translation:

"I'm really learning how to write [shorthand],
and my kid, he's fine, he's
not at all sick, and my wife too, she's not at all
sick, and also I'm not at all sick; that's all."  

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