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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a route followed by Indian war parties.
See: war-road
Quotations
1825
. . . the War tribes appear determined that we Shall not want for their Company this year [;] it cannot be otherwise as we are following the main War track. . . .
1873
They were somewhat startled too, for the Blackfeet bands were said to be on the war-trail.
1913
[The] young Indian bucks in the war-trail season [are] often inclined to bully. . . .