Word of the Week #5

1. siwash

2. a blog post on raisingjane.org

3. "Siwashing is the only way to travel in the hills, but I began to realize that it automatically involves a contest in toughness."

4.  to camp the way the Indians do—with nothing; verb
    
or as a noun it has many meanings:

a)  A heavy knitted sweater, originally created by the Cowichan people of British Columbia, that’s decked out with fish, deer, bears, and other natural decor

 

b) A derogatory racial description of a Native American from the Pacific Northwest 

c) A brisk Pacific wind that blows up out-of-the-blue

d) A mythical giant of Chilko Lake in British Columbia who was said to track and haunt those who sinned against the spirit of the land

5. We had to do a bit of unplanned siwashing  when we went to Big Basin because we forgot most of our supplies.