Companies
Why did Europeans want beavers from North America?
There was not a lot of bevers left in Europe.
Helped with the fur trade by being able to communicate with everyone.
Metis
Christians missionaries failed, why?
They didn't encourage Indian culture.
A rodent with a board tail, that is known to gnawing on trees and bark to build dams. What am I?
Beaver
Metis
What were the names of the two main Fur trapping companies?
Hudson Bay and North West Company.
Manuel Lisa's fort failed because this tribe didn't want the fort on there territory. What tribe was it?
Blackfeet
To control Indians and keep them as partners Europeans used what?
Whiskey
Mammal of the weasel family, with an elongated body, dense fur, and webbed feet. I was also hunted for my fur what am I?
Otter
Bison caught this disease from the cattle causing them to die. What is the disease called?
Brucellosis
Who founded the St. Louis Missouri Fur Company?
Manuel Lisa
Why did Native Americans take part in the bison trade?
The economy was linked to the trade industry.
Native Americans became reliant on ____ with the Europeans.
Trade
I am a large domesticated bovine that is used for milk or meat. What am I?
Cow
Trading center at confluence of Missouri and Yellowstone River. What is it?
Fort Union
John Jacob Astor was the founder of what company?
American Fur Company
In 1837-1840 Indians died from what disease?
Smallpox
The lack of buffalo caused the Native Americans to loose their ______ ______ and ________.
Traditional lifestyle and culture.
I am a heavily built wild ox found mainly in the old world tropics. I was almost hunted to extinction. What am I?
Buffalo
Where fur traders, mountain men, and Indians met during the summer. What is it called?
Rendezvous
How did steamboats help the Fur Trade?
Allowed fur companies to ship beaver pelts to market faster.
This tribe asked priests to come to them.
Salish
Why were people willing to face harsh difficulties to join the fur trade? Name the 3 things.
Profit, adventure, and challenge.
What is England National animal?
Lion Double points!!!!!
People who did not work for fur trapper brigades. They are called what?
Free trappers