Indian country

noun

(especially during the U.S. westward migration) any region where one was likely to encounter Indians, especially hostile Indians.

Origin of Indian country

An Americanism dating back to 1690–1700

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Weiland may look like an underdog across much of the state, but he has a big advantage in one area: Indian country.
South Dakota's Bizarre Four-Way (Senate Election, That Is) | Ben Jacobs | October 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
This number has been increased by fresh arrivals from the Indian country, since 1850.
The Exiles of Florida | Joshua R. Giddings
Southern Mexico is Indian country; there are large regions, where the mestizos, not the indians, are the exception.
In Indian Mexico (1908) | Frederick Starr
You suppressed it, because it exposed those whose acts were losing the Indian country.
The American Indian as Participant in the Civil War | Annie Heloise Abel
Oklahoma lay within the Indian country in which no lands were available for grants between 1850 and 1871.
The New Nation | Frederic L. Paxson

The railway surveys reached nearly every corner of the Indian country.
The Last American Frontier | Frederic L. (Frederic Logan) Paxson

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