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Author Archives: shichils
A Milluk name for Siuslaw River?
It’s common for a language group to have its own name for other people and rivers that’s different from what that other people call their own river or themselves. But in the case of the Siuslaw, the word I find … Continue reading
A pattern in plant terms?
Sometimes it is hard to tell if I am looking at an actual pattern in the language, or if it is just coincidence – an illusion. I recently puzzled out that –k’ acts as a diminutive in Hanis, and maybe … Continue reading
Shared words between Siuslaw and the Coosan languages
Hanis, Miluk, Siuslaw and Alsea are all generally supposed to be related to one another, altho clearly Siuslaw and Alsea are someone more closely related to each other than to the Coosan languages. The relationship between Hanis and Miluk is … Continue reading
There’s more than one way to build a number (Milluk)
Edited to add: I’ve only recently figured out that when Dorsey wrote a stand alone q, it stands for the sound most other linguists wrote as x (the ‘raspy h’ like sound). kq and k’q (which he used often) is … Continue reading
Sea Serpents
Sea Serpents appear in stories around the world – and not only in the ocean but in large lakes as well, perhaps most famously of contemporary ‘lake monster’ stories is “Nessie” of Loch Ness. All along the Pacific Northwest coast, … Continue reading
Sagandas
First posted Dec. 17, 2011 There are a few mentions of a mysterious people called “Sagandas” or “Sik’andas”. There are few mentions of them, and only two recorded stories. The oldest story was recorded by Henry Hull St. Clair in … Continue reading
The Hollering Monster
First posted 4/26/18 Nok’élehe: the-person-that-halloos, the hollerer, the thing that hollers. The word is the same in both Hanis and Milluk, based on the verb k’el-or k’al-; to holler, to yell. The story of the nok’élehemight be one of the most-told stories recorded … Continue reading
The Five Shadows
First published 9/27/17 Linguist Leo Frachtenberg came to Oregon just over a century ago, and worked with speakers of Hanis (Jim Buchanan, Frank Drew, Tom Hollis), Lower Umpqua/Siuslaw (Louisa and William Smith) and Alsea (William Smith). One of the stories … Continue reading
Euchre Creek and The Octopus
First published 7/14/14 So usually I blog about CLUS stories but while poking around Harrington’s notes I found this curious story about Humbug Mountain and Euchre Creek. The coast along Curry County is so beautiful, and I wanted to share … Continue reading
The Young Man Who Stepped on Snail’s Back
First published October 30, 2012. Annie Miner Peterson told the story of ‘The young man who stepped on Snail’s back’ some time in 1933 or 1934 in Milluk, and Melville Jacobs published it on page 54-56 of “Coos Narrative & … Continue reading
