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Early Fur Trade on the Northern Plains: Canadian Traders Among the Mandan and Hidatsa Indians, 1738-1818 - Couverture souple

Wood, W. Raymond; Thiessen, Thomas D.

 
9780806131986: Early Fur Trade on the Northern Plains: Canadian Traders Among the Mandan and Hidatsa Indians, 1738-1818

Synopsis

"Early Fur Trade on the Northern Plains presents a lengthy introduction plus a unique combination of five journals, or portions of journals, of North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company traders who left records of their travels to the country of the village-dwelling Mandan and Hidatsas along the Missouri River of North Dakota. . . . In addition to a history of events, Indian-trader relationships, and trader competition, the editors synthesize data on a number of topics, including lists of resident traders in the villages, the time required to travel between the Assiniboine River posts and the villages, trade commodities, and rates of exchange for items such as beaver skins and horses. . . . A unique and invaluable collection."--Pacific Historical Review presents a lengthy introduction plus a unique combination of five journals, or portions of journals, of North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company traders who left records of their travels to the country of the village-dwelling Mandan and Hidatsas along the Missouri River of North Dakota. . . . In addition to a history of events, Indian-trader relationships, and trader competition, the editors synthesize data on a number of topics, including lists of resident traders in the villages, the time required to travel between the Assiniboine River posts and the villages, trade commodities, and rates of exchange for items such as beaver skins and horses. . . . A unique and invaluable collection."--Pacific Historical Review

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À propos des auteurs

W. Raymond Wood is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of Missouri, Columbia. He has authored or edited numerous articles and books on western American history and archaeology, including Prologue to Lewis and Clark: The Mackay and Evans Expedition, also published by the University of Oklahoma Press.

Thomas D. Thiessen holds the master's degree in anthropology from the University of Nebraska. He is Supervisory Archeologist, National Park Service, Midwest Archeological Center, Lincoln, Nebraska.

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