DCHP-2
upland Indian Fur Trade DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
THIS ENTRY MAY CONTAIN OUTDATED INFORMATION, TERMS and EXAMPLES
an Indian, especially a Cree, from the interior, as opposed to those in the vicinity of the Hudson's Bay posts.
See also: home-guard (Indian) uplander
- 1697 (1929) Likewise an upland Indian & his wife came to ye fort from up this river weh traded some beaver.
- 1744 There were about 100 Upland Indians came in their Canoes to trade, and about 200 Northern Indians, who brought their Furs and Peltry upon Sledges.
- 1790 In the month of March, the Upland Indians assemble on the banks of a particular lake . . . .
- 1924 We were provided with an open "York" boat and a crew, one Captain John Puggie, a half-breed post servant, and three upland Indians, one of whom . . . was Chief of the Moose River Crees.
- 1697 (1929) Likewise an upland Indian & his wife came to ye fort from up this river weh traded some beaver.