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Indian hall

Fur Trade, Hist.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the building or room in which Indians were received when bringing furs or other goods to trade.

See: Indian guest room,Indian house,Indian room,Indian shop,Siwash house

Quotations

1804

Climbed up into a sort of half garret over the men's bedrooms in the Indian hall.

1855

Here is seen the counting room, the mess room, the kitchen and pantry, the cellars, and Indian hall. . . .

1962

In the middle of the space inside the stockade, they built the trader's house and the store or "Indian hall." This was connected by a walled passage with the river gate, so that the Indians could trade without entering the inner part of the fort.