1802  The chiefs of the Grand River Indians at a late meeting, taking into consideration the consequences of whisky traders coming among their nations, have resolved that no indulgence for that purpose shall be given.
1859  The other day a whiskey trader entered Sooke harbor, and stopped near a fishing station and enquired if they were Boston men.
1910  Few Indians were proof against the wiles of the illicit whisky traders.
1965  By the middle of the nineteenth century the trail was being used by beaver trappers and wolfers, by gold seekers and missionaries and whisky-traders.