DCHP-3

Stick

[< stick2, q.v.]
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

an Indian from the bush country of the interior, originally so called by the Indians of the Pacific Coast.

Quotations

1897
The "Sticks" are probably the most stalwart of any [Indians].
1902
"It is the Stick talk of the Upper White," La Flitche stopped long enough to explain.
1910
The Chilkats traded with the Sticks, who in turn traded with the natives of the Coppermine River in the interior.
1937
These Indians were of the "Stick" tribes, a name used by the Thlingits and other coast tribes for the people of the interior.