DCHP-3

H.W.

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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spiritous liquor, specifically a mixture of alcohol and flavored water, widely traded to the Indians by fur traders.

Quotations

1800
Bellile told me about the keg of H. Wines they made free with when they remained behind . . . I mean to charge it to the account of La France as he was the foreman of the Canoe.
1804
. . . dispatched Mr Seraphin . . . to examine a Cache of H W to know if all are safe.