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uplander Fur Trade, Hist.

• n. an Indian, especially a Cree, from the interior, as opposed to those in the vicinity of the Hudson's Bay posts.

  See also: upland Indian  

  • 1697  (1929)  Y^e uplander & his wife went away.
  • 1703-1740  (1965)  The traders divided the Indians into two broad classes, the "Home Guards" and the "Uplanders."
  • 1819-1835  (1963)  ... the uplanders are not agreeable to assist us with any part of the goods....