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tillicum

/ ˈ³Ùɪ±ôɪ°ìÉ™³¾ /

noun

  1. informal.
    (in the Pacific Northwest) a friend
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of tillicum1

from Chinook Jargon, from Chinook tlxam kin, esp as distinguished from chiefs
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Later in the season, huckleberries abound at Tillicum Campground near Mount Adams.

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When David’s family came to cook and perform at Tillicum Village on Blake Island during the World’s Fair in 1962, he met Holm, who was then teaching Northwest Coast art at the UW.

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You could spend your whole visit exploring the jetty area that includes a Tillicum longhouse, a long shoreline and basic campsites.

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Cookie, a onetime baker’s assistant, cooks “oily cakes,†and entrepreneurial King-Lu sells them to the trappers and soldiers at Fort Tillicum for piles of silver pieces, company scrip, and beads.

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Their “oily cakes†— nuggets of fried dough garnished with honey and a bit of cinnamon — become the Cronuts of Fort Tillicum, drawing lines of eager patrons willing to spend hard-won wealth on a morsel of fried dough.

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