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upland Indian
Fur Trade
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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an Indian, especially a Cree, from the interior, as opposed to those in the vicinity of the Hudson's Bay posts.
Quotations
1697
Likewise an upland Indian & his wife came to ye fort from up this river weh traded some beaver.
1744
There were about 100 Upland Indians came in their Canoes to trade, and about 200 Northern Indians, who brought their Furs and Peltry upon Sledges.
1790
In the month of March, the Upland Indians assemble on the banks of a particular lake . . . .
1924
We were provided with an open "York" boat and a crew, one Captain John Puggie, a half-breed post servant, and three upland Indians, one of whom . . . was Chief of the Moose River Crees.