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The fur trade (also called the Indian trade) was a huge part of the early history of contact in North America between European-Americans and American Indians (now often called Native Americans in the United States and First Nations in Canada). European traders and trappers explored the continent and established relationships with native communities, hoping to obtain the best furs and pelts—beaver was especially prized—for European markets. Native hunters exchanged pelts for European-manufactured items that were desired in their communities, such as metal tools, firearms, clothing, and alcohol.
Often, the political benefits of the fur trade became more important than the economic aspects. Trade was a way to forge alliances and maintain good relations between different cultures. Consequently, there was much rivalry between different European-American governments for control of the fur trade with the various native societies. American Indian peoples sometimes based decisions of which side to support in time of war upon which side provided them with the best trade goods in an honest manner. Because trade was therefore so politically important, it was often heavily regulated in hopes (often futile) of preventing abuse. Unscrupulous traders sometimes cheated natives by plying them with alcohol during the transaction, which subsequently aroused resentment and often resulted in violence.
The fur trade came to a close as game was depleted by overhunting, as expanding European settlement displaced native communities from the best hunting grounds, and as European demand for furs subsided. In order to continue to obtain European goods and to pay off their debts, American Indians thereafter often resorted to selling land to the European settlers.
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Canada Hall - The fur trade - An article with links covering many aspects of fur trade.
Exploration, the Fur Trade and Hudson's Bay Company - This is about the fur trade in Canada and how it led to the exploration of the country and the formation of the Hudson's Bay Company. Contains history, personalities, stories, and a timeline.
Fur Trade and Mission History - Overview, map of waterways and rival posts, historic sites, biographies and images.
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Historic Hudson Bay Company - One of the major powers in the Fur Trade, this site explores the early years, the adventurers, life in the past, and their archives.
Library of Fur Trade Historical Source Documents - Collection of accounts of the Rocky Mountain fur trade from the 1800s through the 1840s, mostly in the form of letters and journals from travelers, fur trappers, and traders.
Meta Description: [ This webpage is a virtual library of
historical source documents pertaining to the United States Rocky
Mountain West in the years 1800-1850. ]
Mountain Men and the Fur Trade - About history of the fur trade in the Rocky Mountain West from 1800 to 1850. Intends to become a text collection of historical source materials about the trade.
Meta Description: [ This website is a virtual research center for the
study of the history, traditions, tools, and mode of living of the
trappers, explorers, and traders known as the Mountain Men. ]
Mountain Men, Fur Trappers - A list of Mountain Men and Fur Trappers with biographies and links.
Meta Description: [ Mountain Men, Fur Trappers, mountain men, fur trappers ]
Museum of the Mountain Man - Focusing on the era of the Mountain man and the Western Fur Trade's historical significance. Online exhibits, museum information, photographs, events, and Rendevous information.
Northwest Fur Traders - Information on the 4 major fur companies in the Pacific Northwest: Hudson Bay Company, Pacific Fur Company, Northwest company, and the Rocky Mountain Fur Company.
Northwest Journal - Provides detailed, well documented and referenced information for Canadian fur trade era.
Southwest Frontier And The Fur Trade - Devoted to the history, traditions, and mode of living of the trappers, explorers and traders known to have traveled, lived, and worked in the southern fur trade.
Meta Description: [ The South West Frontier, from 1800 to 1850, Trappers, Traders, Forts, Maps, Trade goods, History, over 100 pages of, research. See Bents Fort, meet Kit Carson. Jim Bridger. ]
The Fur Trade and Historical Archaeology: A Bibliography - Comprehensive listing of books and articles relating to the history of the fur trade.
The Fur Trade in New France: The Coureurs des bois - Several articles on these colorful runners of the woods and their roles in the early fur trade.
The Fur Trade in New France: Voyageurs and Hired Men - Several articles on the Voyageurs and their roles in the early fur trade.
The Indian Fur Trade - Effects of the fur trade and interaction of explorers, traders, and mountain men on Native Americans between 1804 and 1843.
Meta Description: [ Interaction of Explorers, Fur Traders, and Mountain Men on Native American Indians ]
The Mountain Men: Pathfinders of the West - Covering the period of 1810-1860, the topics include the Fur Trade, Explorers Guides, a gallery of maps, the ways of the Mountain Man, and biographies.
The Museum of the Fur Trade - Dedicated to preserving the rich history of the North American fur trade and combining an outstanding collection and scholarship to interpret the story of the fur trade, the non-profit museum's three galleries discuss the fur trade from early Colonial days to the present century.
Time Line - A Brief History of the Fur Trade - Significant dates in the French, British, and American era's of the fur trade.
Trade Goods - Short biographies of native, US, French British individuals of the midwestern fur trade era (pre-1840).
Meta Description: [ fur, trader, metis, history, genealogy, native, voyageur, canadian, mackinac, ojibwe, dakota, sioux, chippewa, french, british, minnesota, detroit ]
Trailblazers: The Fur Trade - An inside look at the role of the fur trade in the opening of the American West.
White Oak Society Learning Online Centre - Topics covered include fur trade languages, women in the fur trade, the Beaver Hat, the fur trade post, the Beaver, food, and the canoe.
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