DCHP-1 Online
Indian post ((2)) 2 Fur Trade, Hist. 
a method of postal delivery in which a letter was given to an Indian who took it as far as he was going, passing it to another, and so on until it eventually reached the addressee.
- 1930 Thompson describes what was known among the fur-traders as the Indian post, which appears to have been a fairly sure, if not particularly rapid, method of postal delivery.
- 1930 Thompson describes what was known among the fur-traders as the Indian post, which appears to have been a fairly sure, if not particularly rapid, method of postal delivery.