Chinook Jargon in the Pacific Northwest and Beyond

I saw this interesting link to the translation of place names into Chinook Jargon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chinook_Jargon_placenames

I knew that Olympia Beer "it's the water" came from Tumwater, WA but did not know that tumwater meant water fall.

http://www.planetware.com/picture/usa-waterfall-in-tumwater-washington-us-wa401.htm

Here is a Chinook jargon dictionary
http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/chinookjargon/