Etienne Provost spent his time in Utah as one of these
What is a Mountain Man?
100
This term means to trade one thing for another
What is to barter?
100
What did people trade along the Old Spanish Trail?
What is woolen goods?
EC: Anything else?
100
What was the common term for the people that came to Utah searching for beaver skins to make fancy hats?
What are Mountain Men?
200
Mountain Men would hide furs that they couldn't carry. This was the name of that hiding place
What is a cache?
200
When Mountain men, Native Americans, and company agents got together once a year, it was known by this name
What is a rendezvous?
200
Who thought they had arrived in India when they first arrived in the New World?
Who is Columbus?
200
This person is credited as first finding the Salt Lake. He also barely survived an Indian attack on the shores of Utah Lake.
Who is Etienne Provost?
300
These were the first white men to extensively explore Utah
Who is Father Escalante / Father Dominguez?
300
This was a practice that Chief Walkara engaged in, and made lots of money from. The Mormons, who came later, disagreed with the practive
What is slavery?
300
This mountain man person has several things in Utah named after him
EC: Who is the other famous one?
300
This Mountain Man explored Northern Utah, but didn't spend a lot of his time here
Who is Peter Skene Ogden?
400
The Mountain Men explored large parts of Utah. Name at least two of them
EC: Name 2 more
400
The name for an animal skin
What is a pelt?
400
This was the Native American tribe that Escalante and Dominguez met and became friends with while in Utah
Who are the Utes?
400
This person was in Utah the same time as the Mountain Man, but he was engaged in other business
Who is Chief Walker / Walkara?
500
There were two main companies that paid trappers for their furs in Utah. Name one of them
EC: Name the other
500
This was the name for the settlements that the Spanish built all over the Southwest, hoping to convert Native Americans to Catholicism and teach them Spanish Culture
What is a Mission?
500
Walkara belonged to this tribe of Native Americans
Who are the Utes?
500
Final Jeopardy
Describe the Mountain Man Era in Utah
What brought these people here? Why did the era end? What did the Mountain men do afterwards?