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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n.

See Indian country (def. 2) 1948 quote.

See: Indian country(def. 2)

Quotations

1913

. . . canny men and good traders, built posts in the great inland, and soon controlled a huge native trade.

2n.

used attributively to denote persons or things associated with the fur trade in the Indian country (def. 2).

See: Indian country(def. 2)

Quotations

1777

To me it appears a matter of much consequence to our Welfare as it may happen & Time may prove us only to be fighting about a few Home Guards or Shore Indians, rather confounding the Company's Interest more than we annoy the Inland Pedlars.

1820

. . . only one man came here last fall for inland service. . . .

1927

From about the year 1794 onwards, he was employed as an inland trader from York.

1937

. . . the officer commanding an "inland" or subordinate trading post was usually styled "inland trader" or "master at So-and-So House."