Kirchoff, "Oregon East, Oregon West"

[Duane Pasco]

Maybe the guy is simply saying "Shoo, shoo!"
Duane
On Jun 7, 2007, at 3:42 PM, Dave Robertson wrote:

> Kirchoff, Theodor.  1987 [ca. 1876?]  Oregon East, Oregon West.   
> [n.l.]
> : Oregon Historical Society Press.  [Translation by Frederic  
> Trautmann of:
> Reisebilder und Skizzen aus Amerika.]
>
> This a nice find for the student of Jargon.
>
> Starting with Chapter 3, "A Storekeeper's Day in The Dalles", Kirchoff
> recalls conversations with Indians in CJ.  He mostly presents the  
> language
> in a German-style spelling that attempts to represent the sounds of  
> the
> words, rather than using the standardized Anglo spellings.
>
> Here are some samples (capital E = his acute-accented "e"):
>
> "Meike nan-nitsch sicks" (Look around, my friend).
>
> "Kant-sche okuk pczE pu-sis-se?" (How much is this green blanket?)
>
> "hei-uh dschik-ka-ma" (very much money)
>
> One item not specified as to language is the "word for dog ('Dschu!
> Dschu!')" used when kicking slow-moving Indian dogs out of the way.  I
> guess it could be from a language local to The Dalles area.
>
> -Dave R
>
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