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Thread #37660   Message #2278887
Posted By: GUEST,John Kidder
03-Mar-08 - 09:52 PM
Thread Name: Lyr ADD: The Renegade (Ian Tyson)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Renegade (Ian Tyson)
Klahowya is hello-goodbye-nice to see you-see you later, etc.

Mowitch is deer.

Chinook was a trading jargon used throughout the northwest from fur trade days to the 1940s and 50s. Still survives in bits here and there.

Tons of Chinook dictionaries at http://www.multilingualbooks.com/onlinedicts-nativeamerican.html