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Indian whisky
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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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brandy, rum, whisky, or high wines (often diluted and sometimes spiced with pepper, Tabasco, tobacco, or weak acids) traded to the Indians.
Quotations
1859
The officers brought in two or three bottles and a pail full of Indian Whisky which were taken from him.
1952
From then until the commerce was summarily extinguished by the North West Mounted Police fifteen years later, a steady stream of "Injun whiskey"--unspeakably vile compared to the Hudson's Bay Company product--flowed north across the border.