Penman's Art Journal and Penman's Gazette (1890) (14781694414)

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Title: Penman's Art Journal and Penman's Gazette
Year: 1890 (1890s)
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Publisher: D. T. Ames
Contributing Library: The University of Scranton Weinberg Memorial Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation



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t use over a vast territory in Oregon.British Colu.ubia and Alaska. It orig-inated because of the great number of dis-tinct languages in this region. It was im-possible to do much busiuess along thePacific Coast until a trade language oleasy form had gradually formed itself. 1think that Horatio Hale, at one time amember of the United States exploringexpedition, was about the first to devoteany attention to this subject. He drewup a vocabulary of about 250 words. Ofthese 18 were of Nootka origin, 111 wereChinook, 10 formed by onomatopceia, 31English, 34 French, and the remainder ofdoubtful origin. Iu 1803 the vocabularyhad increased to 500 words and a simplegrammar had developed. Now v/e oftenhear jargon in Oregon. There are dic-tionaries of jargon, and sermons arepreached and songs sung in the newChinook. It has rendered an immenseservice to commerce in our part of theworld, and demonstrated that an interna-tional language would be practicable. THE FEKr3V.a:-A.3SrS 3L.EISXJR.E HOXJPt.
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