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Title
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The Fur Trade
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Description
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A short, concise history is given of the fur trade and the fur trappers themselves starting with the French and ending with the decline of beaver pelts for use in the hat trade. Includes Lewis and Clark, William Ashley, the Chouteaus, etc. Various aspects of the fur trapper's life are explored. The trapper is described as a white Indian who "worked and lived intimately with real Indians. He traded with them and picked their brains; he fought with and against them and appreciated their courage. He recognized their cruelty and he often shared in it . . . the mountain man knew Indians too well to generalize about them. Like any other group of people, he realized the native people were a mixed lot. Indeed, a life in the fur trade was all about mixing."
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Date
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2007
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Object Type
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Book Section
