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Indian dog † 
any of various breeds of dog found among the Indians, as the giddee.
See also: giddee
- 1771 (1792) Haines went up the river for four traps, in one of which he found an Indian dog almost dead.
- 1829 The Indian dogs are small prick-eared little fellows, not unlike some of the smaller English terriers; they are bred from a certain kind of fox. . . .
- 1850 (1958) Often the Indian dogs would swim over from the Indian village opposite the fort. . . . The dogs I refer to were handsome white animals resembling a Pomeranian but larger, with long woolly hair which was regularly shorn and woven into blankets and articles of clothing.
- 1958 Meat of a young bear was a welcome change or, if nothing else, "giddee" or Indian dog was variety for the menu.
- 1771 (1792) Haines went up the river for four traps, in one of which he found an Indian dog almost dead.