Siwash is a

Chinook Jargon Chinook Jargon (' or ', also known simply as ''Chinook'' or ''Jargon'') is a language originating as a pidgin language, pidgin trade language in the Pacific Northwest. It spread during the 19th century from the lower Columbia River, first to othe ...

word for native peoples, derived from the French ("wild"). The term may also refer to: * Siwash College, a fictional school in the stories of George H. Fitch *

Siwash Creek (British Columbia) Siwash Creek is a creek located in the Similkameen region of British Columbia. It flows into Hayes Creek approximately west of Jellicoe and northeast of Princeton, British Columbia. The creek has been mined for gold. The term "Siwash" is consid ...

, Canada * Siwash sweater, another name for a Cowichan sweater, which is made with

Cowichan knitting Cowichan knitting is a form of knitting characteristic of the Cowichan Tribes, Cowichan people of southeastern Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The distinctively patterned, heavy-knit Cowichan sweaters, popular among British Columbians and to ...

* Siwash Rock, a rock outcropping in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada * USS ''Siwash'' (SP-12), a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919 * Naswhito Creek, British Columbia, Canada, also called Siwash

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