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Lower Chinook, one-fifth from English, less than one-fifth from the Cana- 

 dian traders' French and the Missouri patois, and the rest from Chehali, 

 Kalapuya, and other tongues. The sounds % and the palatalized 1 in 

 Lower Chinook terms were the only ones niateriall)- altered by the Kla- 

 niaths. Li every section of territory where Chinook Jargon is spoken 

 dialectic differences can be distinguished. Thus the French sauvage be- 

 came .saiivash on Columbia River, but changed to saivash in the soutiiern 

 parts of Oregon. 



Distinction must be made between the European terms introduced at 

 an earlier date into Klamath, through the use ()f the Chinook Jargon, and 

 the more reccuth- (chiefly since 1864) adopted English terms, for they differ 

 slightly in tlicir phonetics. Of EngUsh and French words the language 

 forms intlectious, derivatives, and reduplications almost as easily as from 

 its own words, as will be seen from the lists foUowing: 



FRENCH TEKMS OBTAINED THROUGH CHINOOK .JAllGON. 



kapo coat, dress; F. capot overcoat; kapopele lo dress oneself, and other 



derivatives, 

 lilapai ribbon; F. le rubau; Ch. J. lilobe (G. Gribbs). 

 liml'l mule; F. le mulct or la mule; liml'lman mnle-driver, packer. 

 mitash, mitas legging, d. uu'mdash; F. mitasse. 

 shuggai suyar; F. le sucre; Cli. J. lisi'ik, shi'iga, slu'dvwa. 



ENGLISH TERMS OBTAINED THROUGH CHINOOK JARGON. 



Bushtiu (d. Bol><>shtin, rarely used) American, white person ; E. Boston. Cf 



Dictionary, p. 26. 

 Kino- Dshudsh, Mod. Sking Dshudsh, Englishman ; E. King George. 

 k6pe, E. coffee. 



pot boat, vessel, ship; E. boat. 



slil'l cloth, especiall\- coflo)/ cloth, calico; G. Gibbs derives it from sail. 

 scYlt, sho'lt, shiil, E. salt. 



stick stick, wood, pole, tree; E. stick; sti'ckshui hoot, stickmiin carpenter. 

 sunde n-cch; Sunday ; E. Sunday. 

 ik\-<\ dollar, cash, coin; E. dollar; talaltko having moncg, rich, wealthy 



