Mentions of Chinook Jargon in more early books

[Dave Robertson]

some items from Google Reader, which see:

The North-west Passage by Land: Being the Narrative of an Expedition from
the Atlantic to the Pacific, Undertaken with the View of Exploring a Route
Across the Continent to British Columbia Through British Territory, by One
of the Northern Passes in the Rocky Mountains
By William Fitzwilliam Milton, Walter Butler Cheadle
Published by Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, 1865 [pages 320, 344]

The Naturalist in Vancouver Island and British Columbia
By John Keast Lord
Published by R. Bentley, 1866  [page 279 -- ref. Klamath tribe]

British Columbia and Vancouver's Island: Comprising a Description of These
Dependencies : Their Physical Character, Climate, Capabilities, Population,
Trade, Natural History, Geology, Ethnology, Gold-fields, and Future
Prospects : Also an Account of the Manners and Customs of the Native Indians ...
By Duncan George Forbes Macdonald
Published by Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1862

Sporting Excursions in the Rocky Mountains: Including a Journey to the
Columbia River, and a Visit to the Sandwich Islands, Chili, &c
By John Kirk Townsend
Published by H. Colburn, 1840  {I suspect there's CJ in it...the word
'ikata' could be Jargon}

Wanderungen über die Felsengebirge in das Oregon-gebiet...
By Thomas Jefferson Farnham, Friedrich Gerstäcker
Published by G. Mayer, 1846 [maybe has CJ?]

Cariboo, the Newly Discovered Gold Fields of British Columbia
By Returned digger
Published by Darton & Hodge, 1862

The Fraser Mines Vindicated, Or, The History of Four Months
By Alfred Waddington, Waddington, Alfred, 1800?-1872
Published by s.n, 1888

Handbook to the New Gold Fields: A Full Account of the Richness and Extent
of the Fraser and Thompson River Gold Mines : with a Geographical and
Physical Account of the Country and Its Inhabitants, Routes, [etc.]
By R M Ballantyne, Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894
Published by A. Strahan ; Hamilton, Adams, 1858

The Journals of George M. Dawson: British Columbia, 1875-1878
By George Mercer Dawson, Douglas Cole, Bradley John Lockner
Published by University of British Columbia Press, 1989  [page 339 "wa-wa
all same Siwash la langue...halo kapswalla"]  (note Pacific Pidgin
English-like "all same")

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