The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-03

Queen Charlotte islands and the southern
boundary of California. When the first
of these vessels landed It's living human
freight In a camp OF primitive American
fishermen, the formation OF a new IAN
guage had begun. a primordiai language
or Asia was thus brought into contact
with a different tongue coming in by way
OF Berag straits. and the formation OF
new stock by compromising was the nat
ural consequence. Grant primitive
base and q ACKNOWLEDGMENT a small
number Of East Asian castaways, and
have we not an explanation for the exist
ence Of the forty-one stock Languages dot
ting the American shore line OF the kuro
sIwo?
Japanese Wreck Near Cape Flaftery.
One example out OF many which have
occurred within historic days Will Illus
tra,e the theory. In December. 1885. The
natives Of the Makah village OF Ose;te.
twenty miles south OF Cape Fiattery.
were surprised to see small vessel Ar7H
!ns, a short distance of shore. II was
soon cast upon the beach two miles below
their village ard three men. constituting
the living crew. were taken captive by
thu Indians. tt was a japanese junk
which had sailed Amos, year previously
from northern port Of Japan loaded With
pottery. denim cloth, rice. peas ard other
rnerch anfi.se Made rudderless and help
lass in a storm, II had dri,ted In the
back stream" for many months; fourteen
Of tie crew died while three landed safe
ana sound among the Indians on the Pa
ciflc beach OF our state. I have received
many interesting particulars concerning
this wreck from the old Makah Indians.
who were half-groxn boys at the time
ana who saw the vesssi its contents and
its Japanese crew Sxty-hve years after
tho date az this wreck these old Makahs,
neither Of whom could wfreak a word OF
English gave me the names Of these three
1autives E-wa-si, the captain OF IN"
Junk. Cho-su sailor. and AVA nam
grown hoy. These nameS bear the distinct
s,ssaracteris.4cs of the race. ard are yet
frrnly axes IN the memory OF the AakaAs
The wreck is described by WILKES ard
hy the Hudson Ray conpany's records OK
.nat date The thTecf cApiiveS were taken
from cape Egas;ery IN ls34 by the English
and returned - their native land.
New Language Material.
The Russians lodged q crew - getaways
uzsou Japonsai island. near S.;ka, about
1Ss. o. hers have been cast Upon queen
Charlott. and Vancouver islands. ana upon
the coast u Wasaiag-cr. Oregon and
California An irregular yet constant
stream q new language material from
Eastern ASA has tr@eu last into Faess isc-
lated Pacif!c beach communities ever since
the Last ASIAN has been maTines-for
more than twenty centuries.
Nv shis forced and accidental contact
between the languages az Asia and the
fsshsrg villages along the coast, That con-
Si;snn weud - brought about which
Powell ana TALLER say ts most conducive
Il, fha f5yYy.ts sicu q q aes stock language
4 village @. a1aeru1en receives few east
aaaxS ard q rev s,srg language IS
formed tbs Incident rnay - repeated 81
.sts.arlt e.I.aass and thus several d!verginss
dialects are begun whlCh In slime assume
Ia. form - Alstinci types u speech. These
several villages are tsSa,@3 from each
other ~ ne dense s1reS-s and bod head
lands az she Northwest coast. inte-co-s-
rnunica:s0n = iGfTequert. ard when IL
takes place. only sesTns 80 widen ths az
ference hetweeu tae uaa ans the rev Ian
gsag%s Three things We know. Ffrs-.
taai fairy -Esfs types q spcech actually ex-
ssts2 along the Pacific front o. the kGro
$50 sorne q ~atcn we're sSoken by sin
&c Isolated Villages. secorc. xSoa reason