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Sagalie Tyee [< Chinook Jargon sagalie above + tyee chief] Pacific Coast 
the Christian God. Also spelled Saggali Tyee, Segali Tyee.
- 1833 (1963) [After breakfast [I] was requested to "wawa saccgali." Gave them an account of the Creation. . . .]
- 1922 Then the Sagalie Tyee smiled on his Indian Children.
- 1963 "You good mans . . . You go Saggali Tyee [God]."
- 1964 Coast Salish groups who do not remember this name refer to the deity by a name which translates into "Chief Above," and this is an exact equivalent of the term for God used by missionaries and Indians in the Chinook jargon--"Saghalie Tyee."
- 1833 (1963) [After breakfast [I] was requested to "wawa saccgali." Gave them an account of the Creation. . . .]