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Indian hall Fur Trade, Hist.

• the building or room in which Indians were received when bringing furs or other goods to trade.

  See also: Indian guest room  Indian house  Indian room  Indian shop  Siwash house  

  • 1804  (1897)  Climbed up into a sort of half garret over the men's bedrooms in the Indian hall.
  • 1855  (1956)  Here is seen the counting room, the mess room, the kitchen and pantry, the cellars, and Indian hall. . . .
  • 1962  In the middle of the space inside the stockade, they built the trader's house and the store or "Indian hall." This was connected by a walled passage with the river gate, so that the Indians could trade without entering the inner part of the fort.