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Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon
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Language of Oregon, by George Gibbs This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net
Title: Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or, Trade Language of Oregon
Author: George Gibbs
Release Date: April 20, 2005 [EBook #15672]
Language: English and Chinook
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SHEA'S
LIBRARY OF AMERICAN LINGUISTICS.
XII.
DICTIONARY
OF THE
CHINOOK JARGON,
OR,
TRADE LANGUAGE OF OREGON.
BY GEORGE GIBBS.
NEW YORK:
CRAMOISY PRESS.
1863.
PREFACE.
Some years ago the Smithsonian Institution printed a small vocabulary of the Chinook Jargon, furnished by Dr. B.R. Mitchell, of the U.S. Navy, and prepared, as we afterwards learned, by Mr. Lionnet, a Catholic priest, for his own use while studying the language at Chinook Point. It was submitted by the Institution, for revision and preparation for the press, to the late Professor W.W. Turner. Although it received the critical examination of that distinguished philologist, and was of use in directing attention to the language, it was deficient in the number of words in use, contained many which did