DCHP-1 Online
oats [trans. of Cdn F avoine in this sense] Fur Trade, Hist. 
n. pl. See wild rice 1963 quote.
See also: wild rice
- 1778 (1790) . . . it abounds with excellent fish and wild fowl; and oats, rice and cranberries in the swamps.
- 1804 (1933) Richard brought a parcel of dried Meat, today, the Indians had not yet made any Oats.
- 1931 Wild rice . . . was usually called "oats" by the traders, and was bought by the sack from squaws, who gathered it in the lakes and marshes in the late summer.
- 1778 (1790) . . . it abounds with excellent fish and wild fowl; and oats, rice and cranberries in the swamps.