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friend Indian
friend Indian n. (also with capital initial in the first element) North American (now historical) a member of one of the indigenous peoples of the Americas characterized as friendly or well-disposed towards white settlers and their society; esp. one who acted as an ally to the European colonizers in the American Indian wars.
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1625 Relation J. Wilson in S. Purchas Pilgrimes IV. vi. xiv. 1261 The Generall altered his determination, and agreed to ioyne with their friend Indians against the Caribes their enemies.
1682 M. Rowlandson Soveraignty & Goodness of God (ed. 2) xii. 32 Mine eyes have seen this fellow afterwards walking up and down Boston, under the appearance of a Friend-Indian.
1726 S. Penhallow Hist. Wars New-Eng. 101 They..then march'd to Saco, where they slew David Hill a Friend Indian.
1764 W. Johnson Let. 28 Apr. in E. O′Callaghan Documents Colonial Hist. N.Y. (1856) VII. 629 A large body of our Friend Indians are in readiness to join the few Troops who are to proceed this way.
1857 C. W. Elliott New Eng. Hist. I. 362 Church, being out on a scout, with a friend-Indian, discovered an Indian sitting silently on the opposite bank.
1944 H. Footner Rivers of E. Shore xx. 311 They didn't often kill white men, but they were fond of butchering the ‘friend Indians’ who were Maryland's wards—and buffers!
1969 J. R. Brackett Negro in Maryland ii. 13 It was declared felony, in 1649, to take or sell any friend Indian, without license from the Governor.
2011 O. Stanwood Empire Reformed vi. 196 The combination of Catholic Mohawks and Abenakis then endeavored to tempt the ‘friend Indians’ who lived in New England to join the plot.
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