DCHP-2
inland Hist. DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
THIS ENTRY MAY CONTAIN OUTDATED INFORMATION, TERMS and EXAMPLES
1 n.
See Indian country (def. 2) 1948 quote.
See also: Indian country (def. 2)
- 1913 . . . canny men and good traders, built posts in the great inland, and soon controlled a huge native trade.
2 n.
used attributively to denote persons or things associated with the fur trade in the Indian country (def. 2).
See also: Indian country (def. 2)
- 1777 (1954) To me it appears a matter of much consequence to our Welfare as it may happen & Time may prove us only to be fighting about a few Home Guards or Shore Indians, rather confounding the Company's Interest more than we annoy the Inland Pedlars.
- 1820 (1963) . . . only one man came here last fall for inland service. . . .
- 1927 From about the year 1794 onwards, he was employed as an inland trader from York.
- 1937 . . . the officer commanding an "inland" or subordinate trading post was usually styled "inland trader" or "master at So-and-So House."
- 1913 . . . canny men and good traders, built posts in the great inland, and soon controlled a huge native trade.