DCHP-3

Scotch half-breed

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a half-breed having a Scots father and an Indian mother.

Quotations

1861
He soon got tired of their slow movements, and went ahead . . . with . . . James Bruce, a Scotch Half-breed. . . .
1952
As soon as she learned of the Batoche incident he sent to Prince Albert for Thomas McKay, a Scotch half-breed and Hudson's Bay Company agent, to be his go-between in negotiations for release of the prisoners and goods taken by the Métis.