"A few specimens of the language of the Millbank and Chinook tribes." _Chinook tribe:_ 50 words and phrases, including digits. These words, as usual, are in great part "Jargon," and belong to the Nootkan, _not_ to the Chinook. Besides the above, one, of which I have not the title before me, has been published by Mr. A.C. Anderson, and several in the newspapers of Oregon and Washington Territory. ~PART I.~ CHINOOK-ENGLISH. NOTE.--The references, "Hale," "Cook," "Jewitt," are respectively to Hale's "Ethnology of the United States Exploring Expedition," "Cook's Voyages," and "Jewitt's Narrative." The others, as "Anderson," "Pandosy," "Shaw," "Tolmie," are from manuscript notes of those gentlemen in possession of the writer. A DICTIONARY OF THE CHINOOK JARGON. PART I. CHINOOK-ENGLISH. ~A.~ ~Ah-ha~, _adv._ Common to various tribes. _Yes._ Expression of simple assent. On Puget Sound, E-EH. ~Ah'n-kut-te~, or ~Ahn-kot-tie~, _adv._ Chinook, ANKUTTI. _Formerly; before now._ With the accent prolonged on the first syllable, _a long time ago._ Ex. Ahnkutte lakit sun, _four days ago;_ Tenas ahnkutte, _a little while since._ ~Al-ah~, _interj._ Expression of surprise. Ex. Alah mika chahko! _ah, you've come!_ ~Al-kie~, _adv._ Chinook, ALKEKH. _Presently; in a little while; hold on; not so fast._ ~Al'-ta~, _adv._ Chinook, ALTAKH. _Now; at the present time._ ~A-mo'-te~, _n._ Chinook, AMUTE; Clatsop, KLABOTE. _The strawberry._ ~An-ah~, _interj._ An exclamation denoting pain, displeasure, or depreciation. Ex. Anah nawitka mika halo shem, _ah, indeed you are without shame._ On Puget Sound, Ad-de-dah. ~Ats~, _n._ Chinook, idem; Yakama, ATSE (Pandosy). _A sister younger than the speaker._ In the original, only when used by her brother. ~A-yah-whul~, _v._ Chihalis, ATAHWUL. _To lend; borrow._ ~Ay-keh-nam.~See EH-KAH-NAM. ~B.~ ~Be-be~, _n., v._ French. A word used towards children; probably a repetition of the first syllable of BAISER. _A kiss; to kiss._ ~Bed~, _n._ English, idem. _A bed._ ~Bit~, or ~Mit~, _n._ English, BIT. _A dime or shilling._ ~Bloom~, _n._ English, BROOM. _A broom._ Mamook bloom, _to sweep._ ~Boat~, _n._ English, idem. _A boat,_ as distinguished from a canoe. ~Bos'-ton~, _n., adj._ _An American; American._ A name derived from the hailing-place of the first trading-ships to the Pacific. Boston illahie, _the United States._ ~Bur-dash~, _n._ Can. French, BERDACHE (Anderson). _An hermaphrodite._ The reputation of hermaphroditism is not uncommon with Indians, and seems to attach to every malformation of the organs of generation. The word is of very limited use. ~C.~ ~Cal'-li-peen~, _n._ French, CARABINE. _A rifle._ ~Ca-nim~, _n._ Chinook, EKANIM. _A canoe._ Canim stick, _the cedar, or wood from which canoes are usually made._ ~Ca-po'~, _n._ French, CAPOT. _A coat._