DCHP-1 Online

half cargo Fur Trade, Obs.

• a partial unloading of a canoe to enable it to pass a shallow or dangerous place.

  See also: demi-decharge  

  • 1810  (1950)  . . . went down to the Forks--here half Cargoe over the Rapids--dangerous. . . .
  • 1810  (1950)  At 1 PM the Canoes came half Cargoe--they crossed us & went to fetch the rest of the Furrs.