Short Biography: I Am William Bent

Aboriginal women had occupied an essential position in the fur trade of the North American region from its birth during the 17th and 18th centuries. Even though this is true, the role of women, especially those of the Native American society, has been ignored a great deal in the entire history of fur trade. Contrary to the belief that the whole fur trade activity was only male-dominated, it very much depended upon Native women and their participation and labor in order to ensure survival as well as economic success. This paper will attempt to illuminate how Native women played the role as important producers when it comes to fur trade of the American Plains and, of course, the Canadian region. This paper will also deal with the two

According to Peggy Baker, of the Pilgrim Hall Museum, the fur trade between the Pilgrims and the Native Americans began sometime around 1625. The Pilgrims were in enormous debt with investors in Europe and needed money to repay this debt. They knew that one of the best ways to make the money was through fur trade and they knew the best furs to trade were beaver furs. However, the beavers were in Maine with the American Indians. Hence, the Pilgrims began the fur trade with the Native Americans. The Native Americans would hunt the beaver and trade the fur with Europeans for goods such as grain, cooking pots, tools, clothing, and blankets. As the fur trade continued throughout America, the impact on the Native Americans began.

Fur trade between the French and Indians began with the exchange of small items the Indians didn’t have, though it became an important trade source for all of Europe, especially by Samuel de Champlain

I’m going to talk you about me a few sentence… I’m Philogene Beenwood Wood Fernandez, I’m seventeen, I’m a student of J.M.B, I speak French, creol, and little English. I live in Salisbury Maryland, I’m from Haiti, I’m a Haitien cause my mother and my father from Haiti too, so now we live in U.S.A, my sister too from Haiti, she’s finished her high school, I love Basketball, I would to a Basketball Player. I love music.

My history as a writer began ever since I was in school. I have always loved writing. I also love to read. I find it easy to express how I feel on paper. Language arts has always been one of my favorite classes in school.

Images of rough faced, Grizzly Bear fighting, firewater drinking, yarn spinning, frontiersmen form in the minds eye. Wild men for wild times! To a degree this image is true, but the fur trade was more than wild men. The fur trade was a business, conducted by businessmen. The wilder men living on the frontier chose trapping. Fashion created the fur trade as businessmen sought to satisfy the tastes of designers and customers back east and in Europe, where furs and hides were necessities for fashionable clothing and accessories. Fashions also affected the Indians who sought, silver, vermillion, glass beads, and clothe from traders. Each group depended on the other to supply the resources.

Long before European fur traders established their commerce on the North American continent, the fur trade had a long lucrative history that impacted native Americans and their modes of life. As a desirable and profitable good, fur was sought to “be the most valuable single item of trade.” Soon, a competitive market trade ground for fur emerged and the fur trade changed how Indian tribes adapted from their previous habitats: they were the primary manufacturers. Eric Wolf then discusses the consequences of the fur trade for different groups of Native American tribes both on the concepts of dependency and on the levels of how social economic relationships are changed. To support his claims, I will compare and contrast the experiences of the Abenaki

During the 1800's, there was a noticeable spike in demand for animal fur's, pelt's, and hide's. Especially in distant countries such as Spain and England. People believed that wearing the fur's or having them around the house, such as rugs or throws was a sign of their wealth. Due to this sudden high demand, men began noticing they could generate a significant amount of money by opening businesses and selling the animal fur's, hide's, and pelt's as well as, other supplies for trapping and other jobs. In 1833, three business partners decided they wanted to take a chance and open a fur trading post as well. However, not only was this trading post for selling goods, it would also become headquarters for an Army unit. In an open area now known as La Junta, Colorado, the three business partners, brothers William and Charles Bent, and Ceran St. Vrain opened their first trading post, naming it Bent's Fort. Bent's fort quickly became a very popular and successful trading post in Colorado selling animal fur's and, other goods as well as, housing an Army unit.

Thomas Mendenhall, a traveling merchant, would take the settlers products to Salt Lake and trade the produce for them, bringing back what they needed for exchange. Mr. Merrick and Mr. Duffin had created a little store on the north side of the fort area, with William Whitehead as the clerk. Despite the limited supplies and stock, the mines in Montana also offered good opportunities for the settlers to trade. Exporting flour, butter, eggs, grain and other supplies, in exchange, for the mules, horses, wagons, and other merchandise they sorely needed.

I am Edmund Randolph of Virginia. My parents were lawyer-politicians, so I studied law under my father after my education at William And Mary. After my Loyalist father returned to Britain at the start of the Revolution, I joined the Continental Army as Washington’s aide-de-camp. Following the death of my dear uncle Peyton who served as president of the First Continental Congress, I returned to Virginia as executive of his estate. I am currently the seventh governor of Virginia, hence chosen to be a delegate of my birth state in the the Constitutional Congress. I am qualified with additional experience as a representative participant in the Fourth Virginia Convention, the Continental Congress, and the Annapolis Convention.

He trapped and traded for furs with the Indians of the upper Missouri River region, becoming familiar with their language and customs.” (Charbonneau,

We trade with the French often. The French are very eager to trade with us for furs and during the trading, we have come to know them

Description: Students explore several goods from the Bent’s Fort era in a touch cart-like format. They then play a trade game taking on the role of a real group that would’ve traded at the Fort. Trading partners in clued Trappers, Cheyenne & Arapaho, Utes, New Mexicans, and St. Louis traders. Trade goods explored include furs and hides, flint and steel, buttons, axe head, and a tea brick.

The fur-trade era in the United States was from 1640 to 1820. The Ojibwe people became heavily involved with the fur-trade and traded furs that they had for what they needed, instead of harvesting and making goods for themselves. Types of goods that they traded furs for include traps, metal tools, cloth, guns, beads, paint, and more. These new technologies changed their culture forever. A barter trade system had already been implemented by the Ojibwe in their culture before their tribe came into contact with any Europeans. Trade happened between the Ojibwe and the French and British settlers from the east coast. In order to keep up with the demands of their traders, and to satisfy their tribal needs, the Ojibwe people harvested beavers onto

The fur trading industry played a major role in the development of the United States and Canada for more than 300 years. The fur trade began in the 1500's as an exchange between Indians and Europeans. The Indians traded furs for such goods as tools and weapons. Beaver fur, which was used in Europe to make felt hats, became the most valuable of these furs. The fur trade prospered until the mid-1800, when fur-bearing animals became scarce and silk hats became more popular than felt hats made with beaver. Traders and trappers explored much of North America in search of fur. They built trading posts in the wilderness, and settlements grew up around many of these posts. Some of these settlements later became such major cities as Detroit, New Orleans, and St. Louis in the United States; and Edmonton, Montreal, Quebec, and Winnipeg in Canada.