DCHP-1 Online
clothe Fur Trade, Obs. 
v. invest an Indian hunter as a captain (def. 2).
See also: captain (def. 2) clothing
- 1773 (1908) The French man . . . cloathe 2 Leaders with a Coat & Hat.
- 1795 (1929) And before night [I] clothed the following Chiefs. . . .
- 1929 [This ceremony consisted in giving a coat, usually of calico, and other garments and a tall hat and flag, the symbols of headship. Chiefs whose bands had been indolent and had not hunted and were not able to pay their credits were deprived of their position by withholding these symbols of office.]
- 1773 (1908) The French man . . . cloathe 2 Leaders with a Coat & Hat.