DCHP-1 Online
inland packet Fur Trade, Hist. 
a party of special messengers travelling light by foot, canoe, or dog team and entrusted with conveying messages, correspondence, and other documents between posts; also, the system of employing such messengers.
See also: express (def. 1)
- 1931 For years voyageurs had been used to carry the mail from the interior posts to Canada, and from one post to another. Even more famous was the "Inland Packet" . . . perilous and lonely enterprises.
- 1931 For years voyageurs had been used to carry the mail from the interior posts to Canada, and from one post to another. Even more famous was the "Inland Packet" . . . perilous and lonely enterprises.