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HOMEGUARD CREE [1 record]

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Record 1 1986-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • National History
OBS

"A few Cree Indians were attracted to the coastal regions near the factories on Hudson Bay to function as "Homeguard" Indians ... In addition to supplying "small furs" such as fisher, marten and mink, the Homeguard Cree supplied meat, leather, feathers and other "country produce" and served as guides and couriers to the post." (The Fur Trade In Canada before 1787, Canada's Visual History Series, National Museum of Man)

Key term(s)
  • Homeguard Indian

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Histoires nationales
OBS

"(...) et ne fut même pas capable d'empêcher les Indiens de passage de dérober les effets de Hearne et de ses deux Cris Home Guard."

OBS

Dictionnaire biographique du Canada, vol. IV, p. 366.

Spanish

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