Note V'-10 — Chapter V · CORRESPONDENCE.[V'-1]
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That is, F. capote, some sort of surtout, overcoat, or cloak, constantly confounded with F. capot, meaning hood. Among the Canadian voyageurs and other French in America, capote was the most general name of any such outer garment. It constantly occurs, for example, in annals of the fur-trade of the Northwest, capotes being made of several regulation sizes and styles, for barter with the Indians, as well as for wear of the men of the N. W. Company.