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philological
value it may possess.
In collating the words of the present work and obtaining their
derivations, I have been assisted by a number of friends; among whom
I should specially mention Mr. Alexander C. Anderson, of Victoria,
V.I., and Mr. Solomon H. Smith, of Clatsop, Oregon.

~Bibliography of the Chinook Jargon.~
_Journal of Travels over the Rocky Mountains._ By Rev. Samuel
Parker. 12mo. Ithaca, N.Y., 1838.
"Vocabulary of the Chenook language, as spoken about Fort
Vancouver," pp. 336-338.
_Ethnography and Philology of the United States Exploring
Expedition._ By Horatio Hale. 4to. Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard,
1846.
A vocabulary of the "Jargon or Trade Language of Oregon," with an
essay thereon, and phrases, is given in this work, pp. 636-650.
_Transactions of the American Ethnological Society._ 2 vols., 8vo.
New York: Bartlett & Welford, 1845, 1848.
In vol. ii., pp. 62-70, under title of "Hale's Indians of Northwest
America," is a partial reprint of the above.
Rev. Z.B.Z. Bolduc, "_Mission de la Colombie._" 8vo. Quebec, 1843.
The Lord's Prayer in Jargon, "et quelques mots Tchinoucs et Sneomus."
The Snohomish is a tribe of Puget Sound. The Chinook words are
merely Jargon.
_Journal of Travels over the Rocky Mountains, &c._ By Joel Palmer.

12mo. Cincinnati, 1847, 1852.
"Words used in the Chinook Jargon," pp. 147-152.
_Adventures of the First Settlers on the Oregon or Columbia River,
&c._ By Alexander Ross. 12mo. London, 1849.
Ross gives a "Chinook Vocabulary," pp. 342-348, and words of the
"mixed dialect," p. 349. His Chinook is, however, also impure.
_Ten Years in Oregon._ By D. Lee and F.H. Frost. 12mo. New York,
1844.
"A short vocabulary of the Clatsop dialect." This is likewise Jargon.
_History, &c., of the Indian Tribes of the United States._ Collected by
Henry R. Schoolcraft. 4to. Parts 1-5. Philadelphia, 1851, 1855.
Lieut. G.F. Emmons gives a brief "Klatsop Vocabulary" in
Part III., pp.
223, 224, which is of the same character.
Note 1 to article, "Philosophy of Utterance,"
Part V., pp. 548-551, a
"Vocabulary of the Chinook Jargon."
_Vocabulary of the Jargon or Trade Language of Oregon._ English,
French, and Jargon. 8vo. Washington, 1853. pp. 22.
Printed by the Smithsonian Institution, for private distribution. Without
title-page. This is the one by M. Lionnet, before referred to.
_The Northwest Coast; or, Three Years' Residence in Washington
Territory._ By James G. Swan. 12mo. New York: Harpers, 1857.

"A vocabulary of the Chehalis and Chenook or Jargon Languages, with
the derivation of the words used in the latter," pp. 412-422.
_A Complete Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon._ English-Chinook,
and Chinook-English. To which is added numerous conversations, &c.
3d edition. 24mo, pp. 24. Portland, Oregon: published by S.J.
McCormick.
Several editions of this work have been published; the last which I have
seen, in 1862.
_Guide-Book to the Gold Regions of Frazer River._ With a map of the
different routes, &c. 24mo, pp. 55. New York, 1858.
A vocabulary of the Jargon, pp. 45-55.
_The Chinook Jargon and English and French Equivalent Forms._ In
"Steamer Bulletin," San Francisco, June 21, 1858.
Contains an unarranged vocabulary of 354 words and phrases.
_The Canoe and the Saddle._ By Theodore Winthrop. 12mo. Boston:
Ticknor & Fields. 1863.
"A partial vocabulary of the Chinook Jargon," pp. 299-302.
_History of the Oregon Territory, &c._ By John Dunn. 2d edition.
London, 1846.
"A few specimens of the language of the Millbank and Chinook tribes."
_Chinook tribe:_ 50 words and phrases, including digits. These words,
as usual, are in great part "Jargon," and belong to the Nootkan, not to
the Chinook.
Besides the above, one, of which I have not the title before me, has
been published by Mr. A.C. Anderson, and several in the newspapers of
Oregon and Washington Territory.

~
PART I.~
CHINOOK-ENGLISH.
NOTE.--The references, "Hale," "Cook," "Jewitt," are respectively to
Hale's "Ethnology of the United States Exploring Expedition," "Cook's
Voyages," and "Jewitt's Narrative." The others, as "Anderson,"
"Pandosy," "Shaw," "Tolmie," are from manuscript notes of those
gentlemen in possession of the writer.

A DICTIONARY OF THE CHINOOK JARGON.

PART I. CHINOOK-ENGLISH.
~A.~
~Ah-ha~, _adv._ Common to various tribes. _Yes._ Expression of
simple assent. On Puget Sound, E-ÉH.
~Ah'n-kut-te~, or ~Ahn-kot-tie~, _adv._ Chinook, ANKUTTI.
_Formerly; before now._ With the accent prolonged on the first
syllable, _a long time ago._ Ex. Ahnkutte lakit sun, _four days ago;_
Tenas ahnkutte, _a little while since._
~Al-áh~, _interj._ Expression of surprise. Ex. Alah mika chahko! _ah,
you've come!_
~Al-kie~, _adv._ Chinook, ALKEKH. _Presently; in a little while; hold
on; not so fast._
~Al'-ta~, _adv._ Chinook, ALTAKH. _Now; at the present time._

~A-mo'-te~, _n._ Chinook, AMUTE; Clatsop, KLABOTÉ. _The
strawberry._
~An-áh~, _interj._ An exclamation denoting pain, displeasure, or
depreciation. Ex. Anah nawitka mika halo shem, _ah, indeed you are
without shame._ On Puget Sound, Ad-de-dáh.
Ats, _n._ Chinook, idem; Yakama, ATSE (Pandosy). _A sister younger
than the