outdwelling

It was the custom for outdwelling men who had something to sell or to trade to reserve it until they came to a convention in Kasky, when they were certain to meet the best buyers.

Old Kaskaskia Mary Hartwell Catherwood 1874

Those outdwelling settlers, who had other business to transact besides storing political opinions, now began to stir themselves; and a dozen needy men drew together and encouraged one another to ask Colonel Menard for salt.

Old Kaskaskia Mary Hartwell Catherwood 1874