a mountain pass used by the Indians.
- 1873  (1904)  The full importance of this Indian pass, as a highway to the Pacific through the Rocky Mountans, will be easily understood.
- 1963  Rumours of good Indian passes were none the less persistent, and in 1848 Palliser had met 'a . . . half-breed gentleman' from Red River, James Sinclair, who had already crossed the mountains at least once with a party of emigrants from the Red River to the Columbia River.