1817  Recourse was had to the aid of a lawless banditti, technically termed, Metifs, Bois Brulés or Half-breeds.
1821  (1938)  . . . the North West Coy . . . are allied [with] and have Meitiff progeny with all the other Tribes in North America.
1840  (1860)  On the 28th June he embarked with a motley group, composed of "an Englishman, a man from Stornoway, two Canadians, two metifs (or half-breeds), and three Iroquois Indians."