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ARCHIVE - Comment on Geoduck: Nisqually Shellfish Program by Thomas Love

Thomas Love — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 20:01:59 +0000

I am trying to find the earliest reference to geoduck (with spelling) for a linguistics project with Dr. Ives Goddard of the Smithsonian Institution. The earliest attested spelling is geoduck, in the following quotation:

1881 H. Hemphill Let. in Bull. U.S. Fish Comm. 1 21 Glycimeris generosa. Olympia, Washington Territory‥. The boys at Olympia call them ‘Geoducks’; they dig them on a certain sand bar at extreme low tide, and sell them to a merchant who ships them to Portland, Oreg‥. The boys inform me that the Indians on the Sound call them Quenux, and dry them for food with the other clams.

The earliest appearance of “geoduck” in The Oregonian newspaper is 1884.

Do you have any links to any earlier source, with spelling? Or any leads you might suggest?

Many thanks in advance.

Tom Love
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ARCHIVE - Comment on Geoduck: Nisqually Shellfish Program by geoduck

geoduck — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:30:41 +0000

This is great! It is important that people are aware of the importance of harvesting geoducks. We all know that geoducks are not very common to other parts of the world. Learning about the impacts of harvesting them and the treaty rights might help preserve the beauty and habitat of geoducks.

ARCHIVE - Comment on Nisqually and Fort Lewis by Matt Samson

Matt Samson — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:38:46 +0000

When is the next Leschi Quiemuth Honor Walk?
WIll this happen every year? More often?

ARCHIVE - Comment on Nisqually and Fort Lewis by Dalya

Dalya — Fri, 01 May 2009 17:37:43 +0000

This is an awesome podcast!! I just learned so much about this part of history. I had no idea that Fort Lewis displaces so many native people. Thanks for doing this research and for sharing it!

Best,
Dalya