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The Chinooks and Clatsops of Oregon and Their Language
A chronicle of the Chinook Indians at Astoria and Baker's Bay describes the Chinook jargon, its roughly 400-word vocabulary, and how tone changes meaning. It covers village life, notable inmates at a home, and the ethnic region south of the Columbia while noting inventions and devices shaping modern progress across nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Chaphel
Columbia River
Chinook
Astoria
Baker's Bay
Lower
Columbia
Amoria
Hudson's Bay Company
Great River
Puget Sound
Gulf of Georgia
Great Corporation
Pacific Coast
Arein
Thar
Treamonk Point
Wickl Headlard
Governoval
Tighe