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Fur Trade, Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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v.
invest an Indian hunter as a captain (def. 2).
Quotations
1773
The French man . . . cloathe 2 Leaders with a Coat & Hat.
1795
And before night [I] clothed the following Chiefs. . . .
1929
[This ceremony consisted in giving a coat, usually of calico, and other garments and a tall hat and flag, the symbols of headship. Chiefs whose bands had been indolent and had not hunted and were not able to pay their credits were deprived of their position by withholding these symbols of office.]