Library Jewel #3: Precursor to famous Chinook shorthand
After the first two Library Jewels for March included an old, rare map and a collection of classic photos, the third and final Library Jewel is rare text, the precursor text to Le Jeune’s famous Chinook shorthand, by Paul Durieu. The manuscript for this text is 18×12 centimeters and crudely sewn onto a pasteboard cover. The manuscript seem to show that Durieu was writing extensively in Duployan as early as 1874, eight years before Le Jeune arrived in British Columbia…