The Trade Of The Fur Industry

Title: How the fur trade was a significant part of Canadian history, and the role of the native females during the fur-trade.

Folk who rebelled against the British colonial rule and held beliefs of republicanism; after the war, they were people who strongly supported the development of the new country

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.

Big question - The fur trading ended when the prices went up and Many Native communities were plunged into long-term poverty and consequently lost much of the political influence they once had. Why did they stop fur trading? - Fur trading stopped because of the collapse in the prices company. This happened because of the high poverty and consequently which made them lose most of the political influence they once had. How did fur trading end?

“What did Bridger leave behind?”, you may ask, let me tell you. To start out, all Mountain Men left the legacy of exploring most of the west in search of fur (beavers), while they were searching for fur they found new routes to Oregon and California. Their trading posts also became supply stations for settlers moving West. Jim was a trapper, hunter, Indian fighter, and one of the few mountain men to stay in the Rockies after the fur trade was over. Jim was selected in 1824 to explore Bear River, and settle the dispute of where it went. During this exploration he found Great Salt Lake, but more recent evidence states that he wasn't the first white man to see it, Etienne Provost was. Bridger thought that Great Salt Lake was an arm of the Pacific

In 1823 The Colorado Mountain Fur trade company owned by Captain Andre Henry. In Missouri men worked for the company to hunt and collect the fur to sell. The company of men were attacked and ravaged by Native Americans called, “Arikara or Reed.”The men who survived the raid escaped on boat by using the river. In the trading fur company was a man named, “Hugh Glass,”When Mr.Glass was wandering around in the YellowStone river he had a brutal encounter with a Grizzley Bear. Glass was found wounded with claw marks in his back and throat. He was willing to survive because two men who were suppose take care of him but left him to die this two men named, “John Fitzgerald and Jim Bridger.” Hugh Glass crawled for weeks until he gain strength to relocate

William Benemann, Men in Eden: William Drummond Steward and same-sex desire in the Rocky Mountain fur trade, Lincoln NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2012. pp.vii-343.

The fur trade was one of the earliest and most important industries during the 16th,17th, and 18th centuries. 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’s, when fur-bearing animals became scarce and silk hats became more popular than felt hats made with beaver.

For about two hundred years, fur trade has been the core force in shaping western part of Canadian history since the establishment of the Hudson’s Bay Company in 1670. For almost all the time, women and non-whites were usually dismissed in Canadian historical records due to the idea of patriarchy and racialization. Sometimes because their works were mostly unpaid, their contributions were easily ignored. Most of scholars have considered that the fur trade was a male-dominated activity. Therefore, although Aboriginal and Metis women played a role as instrumental as men in the fur trade between Europeans and First Nations, their functions have often been ignored. However, it must be admitted that the fur trade success cannot be accomplished without the participation of Native and Metis females.

Bowsfeild, (2003) explains that Robert Semple who was born February 6th, 1777, and was the Hudson Bay Company’s, territorial Governor. He also states that historians claim Semple to be an extremely hostile, vain, and failed to appreciate the lengths to which the Northwest Company would go in order to destroy the Red River Settlement. At first Semple respected Robertson’s superior knowledge of the country, but he eventually decided to assert his own leadership. Robertson hoped to blockade the rivers and prevent the Métis from supplying pemmican to the Northwest Company bridges travelling west. Semple was more concerned with provisions for the settlement than with the blockade.

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By 1670 the fur trade had changed the village selection location to be closer to profitable furs . By slightly moving the villages from the water ways and into the forest to be closer to the animals with more profitable furs they could get more furs and their fore better trade goods.. Some tribes still stayed close to the water ways because of the high value of beavers. Village population were anywhere from 100 to 500 people3at this time. Sault Ste Marie was still a center of trade and a place of refuge for the Potawatomi . The Potawatomi had moved north to get away from the Iroquois. They would move further west into modern day Wisconsin by Green Bay. The Potawatomi who lived near Green Bay grew Indian corn, fished, gathered acorns, berries

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