DCHP-3

Siwash tongue

Pacific Coast and Northwest
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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any native Indian language, especially the Chinook Jargon.

Quotations

1902
Even Dave Harney . . . waxed facetious over the newcomers­ -- chechaquos, he called them, having recourse to the Siwash tongue. . . .