Letters Written by Indigenous People
Below are 17 Chinook Jargon letters as audio files collected by David Robertson, PhD. Click link to listen.
- FM Thomas (3:25)
- Hugh Eldridge to Willie McClusky 1923 (3:31)
- James of Canim Lake BC (7:05)
- JB Paul (3:02)
- Jimmy Ignace and Adrian Jimmy of Chian BC (2:18)
- Jimmy Michel and Mayus (2:15)
- Johnny Louis is Sliammon 1899 (4:33)
- Johnny Sam to Durieu (1:56)
- Johnny Wilson of Williams Lake BC (4:01)
- Joseph Wai (2:18)
- Moise of High Bar and William of Bonaparte (3:54)
- Skookum Chuck Alexis Michelle and Joe of Canim Lake 1899 (3:26)
- St. Pierre Enderby Jan 1899 (5:24)
- Story of a Stump (3:19)
- Unknown writer from BC 1896 (5:35)
- W. Waspulah #2 (5:56)
- W. Waspulah 1995 (6:24)
These are some of the 200 letters collected by David Robertson, PhD that were written between 1890s-1920s; mostly by indigenous people to other indigenous people.
- William Letter, no date
- Elizabeth Wai Letter, no date
- Chief Narcisse Letter, no date
- Harry Joseph Letter from Sts’ailes in Stó:lō country, 1894
- Celestin Letter, no date
- Salmon Arm Letter, 1903
- Placitty Enderby Letter, 1895
- Felix Lilooet Letter, no date
- Cole Lillooet Letter, no date
- Johnny Peter Clinton Letter, no date
- Michel’s Soda Creek Letter, 1885
- Sam Letter, Dog Creek, no date
- Port Hope Letter, no date
- Pipa Letter Chief Le Jeune Narcisse, no date
- Chinook Letters, North Bend, no date
- August, Salmon Arm, no date
- William Celestin, no date
- Louis James Spuzzum, 1899
- John Jackson Lillooet Letter, 1895
- Francois Shilpahan Tappen Letter, 1909
- Johnny Noel Adam Canoe Creek, 1894
- Aleck Samson, Lilloeet, no date
- Louis Lkaan, Soda Creek, no date
- August Andre, Spuzzum, no date
- Jean Baptiste Denis, Sechelt, 1904
- William Pierrish Wilmer, 1906
- Pete Nhinaskrit ,Alkali Lake, 1895
- Sugarcane Melmorice, no date
- Washington State Letter part 1, no date
- Washington State Letter part 2, no date
- Letter to Le Jeune, no date
- Quileute Letter, note date