The Fur Trade Period in the Indian Territory

The coarse aspects of fur trading in Indian territory, grizzly fight, drinking water, spinning and frontier images are formed in the head. Barbarians are wild. In a sense, this image is a reality, but fur trading is not just a savage man. Fur trading is a business run by a merchant. Barbarians living in the border choose to trap. In order for merchants to satisfy the tastes of Eastern European and European designers and customers, fashion produces trade in fur and fur and leather are indispensable for fashion apparel and accessories.

Fur trade began in the 1500s and was an exchange between Indians and Europeans. Indians use tools and weapons for fur trading. Beaver's fur making felt hat in Europe is the most valuable fur among these furs. Fur trading was less furry animals, silk hats lasted until the mid-1800s than popular felt hats made with Beaver. Today, almost all catchers are selling fur. Canadian Eskimo and Indian catcher are still exchanging fur with fur company for various goods

Aboriginal women are the main female participants in fur trading. A typical Indian woman is married to a French Canadian, an employee of a British, American, Indian fur company. As a wife and daughter, indigenous women play an important role in fur trading, such as producers, translators, traders and travel guides. Marriage between white and Indian women will promote political, social and economic alliances within the fur trading system. Marriage as a unified bond between European-American and Canadian fur traders and indigenous peoples, or "according to domestic customs", many merchants are "bride's price" for important tribal leader's daughter I will pay. For example, in 1814, Manuel Lisa, a merchant in St. Louis, married Mitaein, the daughter of Omaha's chief, during the war of 1812, maintained an alliance with Britain, kept in contact with Omaha with the United States, I kept shedding in Lisa's post.