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home-guard (Indian) Fur Trade, Hist.

• 1a n. an Indian, usually a Cree, living in or near a fur post on Hudson's Bay and employed by the traders. See 1965 quote.

  See also: half home (guard) Indian  Home Indian  upland Indian  

• 1b n. any Indian who lived in or near a fur post, especially those employed as hunters.

  See also: home hunter  post native  

• 2 n. a Cree Indian from the vicinity of the fur posts on Hudson Bay.

  See also: Home Indian