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Little Company Fur Trade, Hist. 
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See also: pottie (def. 1) X.Y. Company
- 1889-90 [Potties] Name given in the Athabasca district to the people of the X.Y. Company,--the "Little Company,"--by their opponents.
- 1897 The "X.Y. Co." [was] also styled in derision the "Little Company". . . .
- 1889-90 [Potties] Name given in the Athabasca district to the people of the X.Y. Company,--the "Little Company,"--by their opponents.