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Kalapuya History (Amu′ smus) Traditional Cache

Hidden : 2/12/2021
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Note the Kalapuyan word for Bison, is the Chinuk Wawa word. There were lots of borrowing back and forth and intermixing of Chinuk Wawa and Kalapuyan in nearly all samples. It was more common than we all know to use other words from other languages if you did not have one in your language. Since Kalapuyans had little or no interaction with Bison (there was some, through trade in furs) they may not have had a word. And its likely all Kalapuyans knew both Chinuk Wawa and several Kalapuyan dialects.

Grizzly- Aca′ yum
deer – Amu ′ki’
eels – Ant’a′u
grasshoppers – antgu‘yak
caterpillars – Antca′yε t
Cooked caterpillars – Guc-antca′yε t
Grey squirrel – amu′wal
Gopher – nida′hai
Bison- amu′ smus (CW)
Elk – antqa′’
Mussel – aηgwi ′l
Mussel shells – aηgwi ′l Gus-ama′
Screech owl – Du′gulhu

Qa’pai – umshu-

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

(nzh′ fzhf ghor) Guvf snzvyvne navzny vf abg vaqvtrabhf gb gur Nzrevpnf, naq jnf vagebqhprq ol Rhebcrna pbybavmref va gur 1500'f

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)