white governor

Fur Trade, Obs.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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See 1828 quote.

Quotations

1828

White Governor [is] a soubriquet of the man at the head of a boat brigade.

1830

The White Governor arrived with two boats of MacKenzie River. . . .

1834

Our living is good; the white Governor having knocked over a few Deer, and I killed an Ox. . . .