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Fur Trade, Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1
the long route into the fur country of the Northwest.
See: Northwest(def. 1a)
Quotations
1903
For here is where begins the Long Trail. Whether it will lead you through the forests . . . or over the plains, or by invisible water paths . . . these things matter not a particle.
2
(a euphemism for death) See Long Traverse 1931 quote.
See: Long Traverse
Quotations
1905
He was a thorn in the factor's side, as he stole fur from the traps of the Company's Indians, and they could never catch him to send him over the "long trail."
1908
So passed Henry Hudson down the Long Trail on June 21, 1611!