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The Daily Star Mirror
Moscow, Latah County, Idaho
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The last two surviving members of the Chemakum tribe, an old man and his sister, were discovered living in a Clallam village along the Straits of Juan de Fuca. They have nearly forgotten their language, from which Prof. Franz Boas extracted 1,200 words in 1890. The tribe once inhabited northern Olympic Peninsula centuries before white arrival.
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Seattle.—The last surviving members of the Chemakum tribe of Indians have been discovered living in one of the old villages of the Clallam tribe along the straits of Juan de Fuca.
They are an old man and his sister.
They have forgotten almost all of their own language, but Prof. Franz Boas of Columbia university succeeded in 1890 in extracting 1,200 Chemakum words from them. It is believed that centuries before white men came to Puget sound the Chemakum inhabited the whole northern part of the Olympic peninsula and were a powerful tribe.
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One Of The Old Villages Of The Clallam Tribe Along The Straits Of Juan De Fuca
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1890
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Last two Chemakum tribe members discovered living among Clallam; nearly forgot language, from which Boas extracted 1,200 words in 1890; tribe once powerful in northern Olympic Peninsula centuries before white arrival.