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Southern Indian
Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1a
among Hudson's Bay Company men: a Cree, as opposed to the Chippewyans, or Northern Indians (def. la), who lived to the north and west of the Churchill River.
See: Northern Indian(def. 1a)
Quotations
1689
. . . his Country people was gone far toy' northward for fear of y' southern Indians. . . .
1768
[We] walked a great Way in an Indian Path, and saw several marked trees, as is practised among the Southern Indians.
1b
among Hudson's Bay Company men: the language of the Crees.
Quotations
1744
Mr. Thompson, the Surgeon, who could speak some of the Southern Indian Tongue, was endeavouring to learn their Language, and to teach them English.
1795
During their stay at the Fort they made a considerable progress both in the Southern Indian and the English languages
2
probably a Naskapi Indian of the Labrador, as opposed to an Eskimo.
Quotations
1773
I understand that the southern Indians never kill any whales, but either purchase whalebone from the northern tribes, or cut it out of a dead whale when they chance to meet with one, which often happens.