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Shuswap, n. and a.|ˈʃʊswɒp|
Also † Shooshap, Shouswap, Shushwap.
[ad. Shuswap səxwepmx Shuswap Indians.]
A. n.
a. A North American Indian people inhabiting southern British Columbia.
b. Their language.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to this people or their language.
1838S. Parker Jrnl. Exploring Tour (1842) 313 West of these [sc. the Kettle Falls Indians] are the Sinpauēlish..; and below these are the Shooshaps, having a population of five hundred and seventy-five. 1845[see carrier 2 b]. 1904A. G. Morice Hist. Northern Interior Brit. Columbia 6 In case of death the bodies were buried among the Chilcotins and the Shushwaps. Ibid. iv. 51 This so-called Carrier vocabulary is made up of Shushwap words. 1927Internat. Jrnl. Amer. Linguistics IV. 120 Salisham—Interior dialects: Shuswap; Lillooet. 1959E. Tunis Indians 130/2 The Shushwap were a typical tribe of the interior Salish. 1965Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics Spring 86 Terms found in those Salisham languages which are geographically the closest, particularly Kalispel..and Shuswap where available. 1976Shuswap Visitor's Guide 10/3 According to a Shuswap Indian legend, you will find a place of perpetual summer. |