Kamloops Wawa, Issue 139

Introductory page contains postcard from Liege, Belgium in Chinook shorthand; describes how Oblate priests in Rome use Chinook shorthand to correspond with Aboriginal people in area communities; 130 letters sent from Kamloops to Rome and Liege; priests found women's letters were better than those from men. Description of contests being held for Chinook shorthand proficiency in the region. Editorial Notes: 500 non-Aboriignal, 15 "distinguished Prelates," and 300 "Reverend Clergy" subscribers to the Kamloops Wawa in Canada and the U.S. The Wawa Shorthand; The Imitation of Christ, Chapters 1 and 2; The Duployan Alphabet; Our Monthly Budget; brief descriptions and statistical tables related to world populations, languages and crop productions; Bishop Durieu's New Testament, Chapters 77-84; Reproduction of Our First Number; Chinook and French Vocabulary; French and Chinook Method; Amusing (illustrations of men struggling with a cart). Ad states that purchasers of the Wawa annual sets include The British Museum, The Astor Library and the Smithsonian Institution.
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Yes
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Yes
Publication Date
1896-04
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University of Saskatchewan Libraries Special Collections, Father J.M.R. LeJeune, Wawa-1-Wawa-S1-128; records from Our Legacy site, http://scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy
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