DCHP-3

treaty coat

Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a resplendent coat given to certain Indian chiefs at the original taking of treaty (def. la).

See: captain's coat,treaty(def. 1a)

Quotations

1964
. . . One can sense the proud dignity of Old Sun of the Blackfoot as he greets a NWMP corporal in the original treaty coat given him by the government at the signing of the Blackfoot treaty in 1877. . . .