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Trade in the Great Lakes Region
Later, French fur traders followed the water routes used by the Indians, traveling the lakes in their canoes with loads of pelts bound for the East Coast and Europe. The fur trade lasted ...
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EEK! - Critter Corner - The Black Bear
Bounty systems were set up to encourage killing of the "noxious pests" and fur traders paid high prices for bearskins. This large-scale killing caused the numbers of bears to ... from a thick layer of fat under the skin and the dense, coarse hair. Their fur is usually glossy black except for a tan patch across the nose. About 25 percent ...
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Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association :: A History of the Farallon Islands
Northern Fur Seals. Following in the New Englander's footsteps, Russian fur traders set up camp at Fort Ross, and spent several years continuing the massacre of the Northern Fur Seal. Finally ... the Farallones have slowly begun rebounding toward their original resilience. In 1996, the first Northern Fur Seal pup was born on the islands, ending an absence that had lasted over 150 ...
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The OTTAWA RIVER "Great Canadian Rivers"
Today, we know that the Ottawa River - named for the First Nations traders that made it their highway to the east - is 1,271 kilometres in length and ... the 500 kilometre course of the Temiskawa Waterway. The rocky, brush-strewn footpaths of portaging fur traders have been turned into riverside trails and parks, and the bays and inlets of aboriginal ...
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The QU'APPELLE RIVER "Great Canadian Rivers"
Assiniboine River of neighbouring Manitoba, the Qu'appelle has provided refuge to buffalo hunters, fur traders and homesteading pioneers. Its marshes and meadows have given respite to migrating flocks and sanctuary ...
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Great Lakes Forever: Great Lakes History
Relations between the first Europeans, French fur traders, and native people were relatively friendly - an amicable exchange of metal tools and guns for ...
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Hudson Valley Indians
European explorers gave eyewitness descriptions of feathered mantles and fur garments, but no prehistoric clothing has survived in our ... rich in furs, fruits and food supplies. The European traders and settlers acquainted the Indians with new and desirable commodities ... Amsterdam fur traders, having heard of Henry Hudson's journal describing the natives dressed in mantles of feathers and skins of fur, ...
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Mississippi River Tours - Mark Twain's Mississippi - St. Paul to St. Louis LiteraryTraveler.com
Winona, a former refueling stop for steamboats; Prairie du Chien, where early pioneer fur traders built magnificent homes; Galena, former home of Ulysses S. Grant; Nauvoo, departure point of the ...
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Arctic Studies Center - Alaska Office - Kenai Fjords Oral History and Archaeology Project
Early Contact Village Site, where glass trade beads provide evidence of early contact with Russian fur traders at around 1790 - 1820 A.D., will provide evidence of Alutiiq technologies and subsistence patterns ...
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About the People: Looking Both Ways
Oral histories also tell of battles fought over territory and resources. Russian fur trading companies stayed until 1867. The Alutiit suffered under Russian rule and the ... reflect this history. Before Western contact, people called themselves Sugpiat, "the real people." Russian fur traders introduced the name "Aleut" which was eventually adopted in Native communities. The Sugpiaq term ...
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