trunkee

Updated: January 8, 2026

Chin Lung, in Sacramento, telegraphs to Ming Yup, in San Francisco, "You me send one piecee me trunk," which means, in plain language, "Send me my trunk." Mr. Yup complies with the request, and responds by telegraph, "Me you trunkee you sendee."

Thomas Wallace Knox - Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar: Life