Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or, Trade Language of Oregon by George Gibbs


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~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.

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