Chinook materials, Selected materials, 1676-1930, on Indian linguistics
Culture:
Language: French | Chinook | Chinook Jargon
Date: Undated
Contributor: Barbeau, Marius, 1883-1969
Subject: Linguistics | Penutian languages | Missions | Religion | Canada--History--To 1763 (New France) | Jesuits | Séminaire de Québec
Type: Text
Genre: Microfilms | Hymns | Translations
Extent: 3 pages
Description: Part of a collection comprised of religious and linguistic materials in various Native American languages. Many were written by Jesuit missionaries of New France. This item, by an unknown author, contains hymns in French and Chinook (unidentified Chinookan language and/or Chinook Jargon). Includes a comment of Charles Marius Barbeau: "Probablement de la Cote Nord-Ouest. Il semble avoir des mots du jargon chinook; potlatch, makumak. Peut-etre des missionaires Demers et Blanchet." Original in Universite Laval. Seminaire de Quebec, Archives, Polygraphie XIX no. 38.
Collection: Selected materials, 1676-1930, on Indian linguistics Mss.Film.453