DCHP-1 Online
Indian trader † 
a person engaging in trade with the Indians, especially a fur trader.
- 1773 The Reason given for the Indian Traders keeping up the Prices of their skins so long is, because they daily expect an eminent Merchant . . . to purchase of those Commodities. . . .
- 1811 Before the American war our great contractor Mr. E was an Indian trader of low credit and indifferent reputation.
- 1912 In the days of the early eighties there were weird stories floating about through the Western country of outlaw Indian traders whose chief stock for barter was a concoction which passed for whiskey. . . .
- 1964 The others [buildings] were the residences of the supervisor and Indian trader, the cooper, the boatbuilder, the blacksmith, the dairyman, the three labourers and the stewards, the depot storehouse, the shops of the Indian trader . . . and storerooms.
- 1773 The Reason given for the Indian Traders keeping up the Prices of their skins so long is, because they daily expect an eminent Merchant . . . to purchase of those Commodities. . . .