Red Indian

a contemptuous term used to refer to a North American Indian.

Origin of Red Indian

First recorded in 1825–35

Pemmican—that early form of potted meat so familiar to the readers of Red-Indian romances—was made of the lean meat of the bison.

Pioneers in Canada |Sir Harry Johnston
To think that you are tied hard and fast—irrevocably—to—a red-Indian—a painted savage—a Hottentot.

The Big Otter |R.M. Ballantyne
It was butcher's work, quick and skilful, like red-Indian scalping.

Now It Can Be Told |Philip Gibbs
Such horrible shrieks and appalling yells would startle a Red-Indian war-whoop into fits.

In Eastern Seas |J. J. Smith

Dick's mother followed him obediently, and was very Red-Indian.

The New Gulliver and Other Stories |Barry Pain

Red Indian

an old-fashioned name, now considered highly offensive, for Native American

see redskin