The Chewuch River is a river in the U.S. state of Washington .
4-734: Its name comes from the word /cwáx/ [čwáx] in the Columbia-Moses language meaning "creek". The river valley was also the site of the Thirty Mile Fire which killed four fire fighters in July 2001. The Chewuch River originates in the Cascade Range northeast of Remmel Mountain at the junction of Remmel Creek and Cathedral Creek. It flows generally south to join the Methow River at Winthrop . The Methow empties into
8-624: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Columbia-Moses language Moses-Columbia , or Columbia-Wenatchi (in Moses-Columbia: Nxaʔamxcín ), is an extinct Southern Interior Salish language, also known as Nxaảmxcín . Speakers traditionally lived in the Colville Indian Reservation . The Columbia people were followers of Chief Moses . There were two dialects, Columbia (Sinkiuse, Columbian) and Wenatchi (Wenatchee, Entiat, Chelan). Wenatchi
12-541: The Columbia River . Tributaries of the Chewuch River include Andrews Creek, Lake Creek, Eightmile Creek, and Cub Creek. Just below the mouth of Meadow Creek, the river cascades about 30 feet (9 m) over Chewuch Falls. This Okanogan County, Washington state location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in the state of Washington
16-756: Was the heritage language of the Wenatchi , Chelan , and Entiat tribes , Columbian of the Sinkiuse-Columbia . Pauline Stensgar, who died on May 2, 2023 at age 96, is reported to have been the last known fully fluent speaker. Here is a Nxaʔamxcín sample word Phonological inventory of the Columbia-Wenatchi dialect: The three vowels in Moses-Columbia are /i/, /a/, /u/. They are sometimes transcribed as [e]; /i/, [o]; /u/, and [æ]; /a/, and could also tend to sound unstressed, almost as
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