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1779 Cumberland House Jrnls. (1952) 2nd Ser. 27 Cumberland House..destroyed..by a party of half home-guard Indians.

1791 A. Graham Observ. Hudson's Bay (1969) vii. 191 A remnant [of Cree Indians] remained about the Factories and at present constitute what we call the home-guard Indians; and who are become dependant on the English, and retained by them to procure provisions, and perform any other services.

1829 G. Simpson Part of Disp. (1947) 11 Fort Simpson, is frequented by the Rocky Mountain Indians and part of the Dog Rib Tribe, who are considered the home guards.

1867 I. Cowie Company of Adventurers 194 Lamack was counted among the Saulteaux Indians frequenting the post. On the Hudson Bay he would have been called one of the ‘Homeguards’, for he never went far from it, and was available for odd trips or work which haughtier, or lazier, hunters would not condescend to perform.

1930 H. A. Innis Fur Trade in Canada II. v. 140 Constant reference to the Homeguard Indians in various journals was an indication of the dependence of the Company on the native population.

1999 Encycl. Canada's Peoples 40/1 Many Cree became ‘home guards’ by providing fur traders with food and supplies, especially geese, snowshoes, and canoes.