DCHP-3

Indian house

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.

Quotations

1771
I shifted the sawyers into the Indian house which is in the cove below.
1834
[It was] the all engrossing topic of conversation amongst the loungers in the Indian House (an apartment adjoining the front gate set apart for the use of the natives).
1899
The Indian House was finished in the course of the winter by James Woodman.