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01 f& i fltolfj jtPJJttW' Vol. XYIL Astoria, Oregon, Thursday Morning, September 28, 1882 tfo. 153. CHINOOK JARGON. "That miserable Chinook!" was jits beating; tin-tin, a bell, from its the expression which I once heard,! sound; Jik-tik, a watch, from its but I feel like defending- it, fori sound, and the like. After this what would some of us, who are! the. language spread all over the obliged to have constant inter- j coast. course with the Indians, do with- j At least sixteen dictionaries of out it? True, it is not as elegant j this ianguage have been published as the English, and, as a general I by difTeicnt individuals since 1S3S. thins, cannot express as fine shades i some of which, however, are very of meaning. For instance, it is: said that some one who was visit- j ing British Columbia, and who wished to address the Indians in a somewhat flowing stjle, began his speecli with the words, "Children of the forest,' and was very much disgusted when he found it trans lated, "Hiyou tenas man kops stick." There is not much hiialu tin in Chinook. When a person says a thing he must say it straight, and perhaps this may be of no great disadvantage, for possibly it might be well if in English we were to talk straight instead of roundabout so much. The Chinook jargon is useful as an internal-tribe language, and for intercourse between the whites and Indians. For this purpose this miserable language is far better than the sign language of the plains. There a sign is used for every word or expression. Many whites and Indians understand them, and they have become a language used between tbe differ ent tribes and between whites and Indians, yet Colonel Garrick Mal 1 cry, who hasstudied that language quite thoroughly, and has prepared a dictionary of it, uses fortj' quarto pages to define a hundred words. How much better the Chinook. It is said to be remarkable that a mis sionary has learned the sign lan guage so as to preach a sermon in it and be understood. It is not a remarkable fact to do so in the Chinook jargon. It is used from Northern Cali fornia to Alaska, and cast as far as the eastern line of Oregon and "Washington, and a little in west ern Idaho. In this region are scores of tribes speaking differ ent languages. On the same res ervation there are often several, and what a time white people would have were three no Chinook language! They would either have to learn several native languages, which it would be aimostiin possible to do, or else talk in English and often be wofully misunderstood, or continually enrploy an interpre ter. I once saw an exciting scene between a white man, who did not understand Chinook and talkrd English, and an Indian man and woman who did not understand English and talked Indian. There was a little trouble between them and both tried to explain it, and all talked loud and long, and the' did not understand each other, and after several hours' talk they were more angry than at the beginning. That "miserable Chinook' obviates all this. This language is among the most recent languages of the earth. It is now nearly a hundred years old. It is said to have been first used a little about "Nootka sound, by some of the first traders on the coast, between HSO . and 1790. Naturally the whites picked up some of the Nootka words. At the beginning of the present cen tury the trade was mainly trans- fered to the Columbia river, es pecially about Astoria, and the Nootka words went with it, and there the Chinook, Clatsop and Chehalis words were incorporated. English words came from the Hud son Bay company, while their ser vantsfrom Canadaintroduced those of French origin. A few came from several different tribes, and a few from onomatopoeia, a kuch kueh, a duck, from the uoise it 1 makes; tum-tuni, the heart, from partial. The best rif these by far that I have seen is one by George Gibbs (lSGo), and published by the Smithsonian Institution. This gives the origin of all the words whos se origin was known tliwi. a j histoiy of the language and a list of all dictionaries which had been published. This dictionary gives nearly five hundred words, and about two hundred more phrases or combinations of two or more words which answer as single words. About four hundred and seventy of these words and phrases are used on the Sound. The rest belong to Oregon or British Co lumbia exclusively. Of the five bundled words (nearly) given, two hundred are derived from the Chi nook, including the Clatsop; twenty-one from the Chinook which also have analogies with other languages; twenty-four from the Nootka; thirty-two from the Che halis; ninety-four from the French j and Canadian; sixty-seven from the English; seven from the Nisqualry; two from the Klickitat and Kaici ma; three from the Creeand Chip pewa, through the Canadians; six come direct onomatopoeia; eight are interjections common to several languages, and the deriva tion of eighteen is unknown. After about eight years of con stant use of the language I have not found more than three of In dian origin which are not given in Gibb's dictionary. Th, present use of the language on the Sound shows, however, that changes are now taking place.. As the Indians have now. little intercourse with the French, compared with what they did when the Hudson Bay company ruled the land, and more with Americans, so now many words of French origin are being dropped, and cither those of Eng lish origin or phrases substituted in their places. About seventy five words on the Sound vary from Gibb's dictionary on this account. 1 he origin of one word, peltou, a fool or foolish, is said to be on this wise: A man by the name of Archibald Pelton, who for a time was with Mr. V. P. Hunt, in the early days of Astoria, became de ranged, a new incident to the Indians, and they, in speaking oi other foolish persons, said they were like Pelton. Si wash comes from the French sauvage, consider ably corrupted, and Passaifooks, French, from Francais. In the Chinook jargon many of the words derived from Indian languages have became changed or softened from the hard or guttural sounds to suit the whites, or Knn-jih, how man, in the original Chinook is Ivunseukh, Kumtieks, to under stand, is in Nootka, Kommetak, and Koshe, good, is in Chinook Tkloosh. Likewise English and French words have been changed to suit the Indians, especially those which have f and r in them, which are unpronounceable to them, thus, coffee becomes kaupj and grease, glease. In general the jngiisn i, g, r, v, ana z become p, k, 1, iv and s. ' A study of this language gives some ideas, it snows us how languages originate, grow and change. One of our college studies is the English language, its origin growth and change. In order to learn this wo have to go back several hundred years. But here we gain some "of the same ideas almost under our eyes. It shows us. also, with how few words we can get along, and also with how little giummar. Of the live hundred words in the Chinook jargon, only about two hundred and fifty or three hundred differ ent words are used in one locality, and there is almost no grammar. ' I see now, I ee yesterday or long ' atro, 1 see to-inorrow or oon. are. t the tenses of the yeib; one ttve, j three tree, many tree are the num- j ber: man chicken anu woman chicken are the gender, and there aie no rules of syntax. Corrcspon- deuce Seattle lt-Jhtclliffcucrr. Retaliation. It is oay to break a man of being a nuisance if you go at it right. 1 here was a case over on Sixth street not long ago which shows that as soon as vou beat a man at his own game that settles lim. Fred Dahlman, an eccen tric character, lived in the upper story of a small house, with his family, and in the story below lived a man who was quite a hunter. He had a couple of pups that he was breaking, and he would sit up half the night snapping caps on his gun and throwing boots across the room lor jus uogs to retrieve. The noise became an noying to the family up. stairs, as the dogs would run and bark and make as great a racket as possible. Mr. Dahlman tried to reason with his neighbor and induce him to quit the dog-breaking down stairs, but he was ugly and said he paid rent for the place and would do as he pleased. Dahlman said that it was all right, and he went up stairs and got four wash-tubs of water and a fish-pole and line. About ten o'clock at night, when the dog kindergarten was at its full height, Dahlman pushed the tubs of water down stairs, and the water ran all over the house. The dog-breaker came out into the hall and waded through the water and looked up stairs and wanted to know what in thunder was the matter. Dahlman was sitting on the top stair, smoking his pipe and holding the fish-pole with the line down in the hall, as though he didn't care if he never had a bite. "What does this mean?" said the excited hunter, as he fell over a dog that was paddling round in the water. "0, noding," said Dahlman, as he lit a match on the shoulder of his pants. "Noding. Only I t ought while you vos hunt ing I would voost catch a few fish for my preakfast,' That settled ic. The hunter broke his dogs after that with a club in the back yard, and Dahlman swore off on fishing. Feoffs Sun. A ball, one foot . in diameter, just conceals the moon's face when held before it at a distance of one hundred and twenty-five feet from the e'e. Consequently, a ball, one mile in diameter, would do the same thing at one hundred and twenty miles, a bail of one thou sand miles at one hundred and twenty thousand miles; and a ball two thousand miles across, at one hundred .and twent- times two thousand, or two hundred and forty thousand miles. But this is about the moon's distance, con sequently, the moon's breadth must be about two thousand miles. Thus far 1SS2 has been an ex traordinar' year for fires. 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HELEN'S HALL, AKT OKPAHT.1ir.XT. miiK coin's of teachers long en- JL gaged in St. Helen's Hall has Jast been rejiiforced ny the addition of sK newteach ers.fne of tlicin from prominent educational iit:ttttlons of tin- I!.teni States. Two of tliese are engaged in the MiiMcal Denart itient. three in the English and one (MISS FUUilCK) in the Art Department. MISS FUM.ICh. is a lady of EnglL.li birth, but ediictited in this countrj". Slie was graduated at Vassar College, and lias .since spent maeh time in the best private Studios in Use Eastern States. She comes with the highest lecommendations for her attain ments and skill as a teacher of Painting and Drawing. These er the whole ground of instruction in the be-t Art Schools, embrac ing Oil Painting in I juidscane. Flower and St tll-hfe Studies ; Crayon. Charcoal, Water Color, Pencil, l'en and Ink, and Decorative Art In all its branchc. 31ISS FL'l.UCK is a lady of liberal edu cation and superior culture, and the Hector and Priaeipal of St. Helen's Hall recommend this department of their school to its patrons with eutin confidence, being well assured that it was never under a more competent instructor, or one of more varied acquire ments, st.d.lni Equalization of County Assessment. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Assessment roll of property liable to be taxed in Clatsop County for the year 1SS2. will be completed hv the first Monday in October, 1S&! ; and the County Court pursu ant to law has fixed that day as the time for all persons interested to examine the same at the County Clerk's office In the Court house in Astoria, in said county, and to note objections thereto if any tlicresliallbo. dtd Coiiutv Assessor for Clatsop Co., Or. 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('oiumisiloner, .Votary PhMIc, aad InsMrniice Aseat. Agent tor the Hamburg-Bremen Fire Ins. Co. of Ilamburs, Germany, and ot the Urvi elen' Life and Accident las. Co., of Hart ford. Conn. B-Offlce in Pvthlan Building. Eaoras 11, 12. Xjl D. WINTOJT, Attorney and Counselor at Law. -Offlce in P thian Bulletins. Koorasll, 12. ASTOKIA, --- - OREGON: TAY TUTTIiE. M . . PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON! Office Over the "White House atom.. s - am i t- i " " m M 03 w 2l i, 4HMI ragscK! 1 im iiijiib s;ww mi Sf4 4tvruciHrjpfaBT ci-bi ii u.. i . a ii. rinvrox. M. . Fliystlelan and Sarve. OFFICE Over A. V. Allen's grocery storr. Ilooms, at the Tarker House. XI P. HICKS, PENTIST, ASTOIUA, - - - OREGON Rooms in Allen's building up staixs, comer of Cass and Sqemocqhe streets. J :. l.nFORCE, DENTIST Dental Koonipi orer Case's SUre, Chenamus Street, - - Astoria, Oregon. J Q. A. BOWLBY. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Cheuamus Street. - ASTOKIA. ORKOUA y T. BUKSEY, " ATTORNEY AT ULW. Ifay be found at tho Court House. G. A. STINSON & CO., BLACKSMITHING, At Capt. .Rogers old stand, corner of Cass and.Courf Streets. Ship and Cannery work. Horseshoeing. Wagons made and repaired, flood work guaranteed. TAILORINQ. Cleaning Repairing.. NEAT. CHEAP AND QUICK, BY UKOKOE I.OVBTT. Main Street, opposite N. Loeb's, HEADQUARTERS Foster's Emporium. Most Complete Stock in Aitarta Fireworks! Flags! Fruit Both Foreign and Domestic Wines and Liquors Of Superior Brand. FOSTER'S CORSEK, 0 R JgADQCK Delinquent City Taxes. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT I. the undersigned. Chief of Police, have been furnished with a warrant from the city council requiring me to collect the taxes as sessed for tin vear 1SS2. and now delinquent upon the list, and make return of the same within sixty davs. All parties so indebted will therefore please take notice and govern themselves accordingly. C.W.LAUGHERY. Chief of Tolice. Astoria. Oregon. September 19, 1882. - BOOKS FOR THE .PUBLIC SCHOOLS! CARL ADLER. A complete stock of School Books and school supplies. Anv book used In the puo lle. schools of Clatsop Countvcan be obtained at my store. CAHL ADLER. V J