Lewis and Clark's Return Journey
This Native American tribe had a violent encounter with the Lewis and Clark expedition.
Blackfeet
Where were British Fur Companies mainly focused in Montana?
Northwest
What are free trappers?
Trappers that usually don’t work for a company, and sold their beaver pelts at a rendezvous.
Native Americans were often ________ during the fur trade, people that buy the furs from the trappers and then sell them to fur companies for a profit.
This person explored the Missouri River all the way to the Pacific Coast with Meriwether Lewis.
William Clark
This valley, near Missoula, is where Lewis and Clark split up on their return journey.
Bitterroot Valley
This person was an American explorer that left the Lewis and Clark expedition to explore southwest Montana.
John Colter
About how many bison could a skilled hunter kill in one day?
Over/about 100
Name one way that Native American wives of fur trappers were essential for the trappers' survival.
Finding food, preparing/tanning hides, trading connections.
This person was the leader of the St. Louis Missouri Fur Company
Manuel Lisa
What was the lasting effect that Lewis' men had on the Blackfeet people after their interaction?
Distrust
This person was a French explorer that worked for a British fur company and explored southeast Montana.
Francois Larocque
What material for hats was more sought after than beaver, causing beaver hats to fall out of fashion?
Silk
These are the three Native American groups that we talked about that were involved in the fur trade.
Assiniboine, Crow, and Metis
This person helped establish St. Mary’s Mission near Missoula, Montana with Pierre-Jean de Smet
How many plant species did Lewis and Clark find on their journey?
31
This person was a British explorer that explored and lived in northwest Montana.
David Thompson
How long was the Beaver fur trade predicted to last? How long did it actually last?
Over 100 years; 30 years
This was traded to Native Americans by white fur trappers, with the intention of getting Native Americans addicted to it.
Alcohol
This person was the leader of the American Fur Company, the largest fur company in the West.
Lewis and Clark left and returned to this city in the United States.
St. Louis, Missouri
This new technology made water travel faster, allowing more people to go to Montana.
Steamboats
What are the two body parts of the bison that fur traders would use?
Hides and tongues
This tribe got vaccinations during the Fur Trade era and was much more powerful during this time as a result.
Sioux
This person created the Rocky Mountain Trapping System, hosting a rendezvous every year for fur trappers and companies
William Ashley