Vocabulary
Brigade System
A method of fur trapping where a unit of trappers all worked together to sweep the land and collect as many pelts as possible
Describe the importance of rivers to the development of the fur trade.
Rivers allowed furs to be traded at a much higher rate, which led to trappers and traders becoming more permanently settled in Montana
Who were the Black Robes?
Catholic Missionaries
What is a tributary?
A smaller river that flows into a larger river
Assimilation
What is when one group of people adopt the culture, lifestyle, and beliefs of another group of people
Who were the Metis and what role did they play in the fur trade?
What was the outcome of the Black Robes' time in Montana?
Though some areas were settled and some Natives converted to Christianity, relationships between missionaries and Natives were strained due to an unwillingness among Missionaries to allow Natives to keep their traditional religious practices
The beginning point of a river
Manifest Destiny
The belief among American settlers that they had a right and a duty to move across the West and spread Christianity and civilization as they went
What was introduced to Native Americans as a product of the fur trade?
Alcohol
Describe the impact that participating in the fur trade had on Native Americans.
They continued to lose aspects of their traditional ways of living, depleted animal population for which they relied on.
Other than the Missouri, what is the one other river in Eastern Montana that Toole considers productive?
The Yellowstone
Embargo
A trade restriction that one country places against another country
How were beaver pelts used in comparison to bison pelts?
What tribe sought out the Black Robes? Why?
The Salish sent for Black Robes in hopes of getting protection from the Blackfeet.
How did rivers affect settlement in Montana?
They allowed people to come to Montana in greater numbers and provided productive locations for settlements to develop
Monopoly
What is when one person or business holds a significant majority of production in a certain industry
What company eventually had a monopoly over the fur trade in Montana? Who owned it?
The American Fur Company, under the ownership of John Jacob Astor
What was the name of the first Catholic mission in Montana and who was the missionary that settled it?
St. Mary, settled by Pierre-Jean De Smet
Name two of the three rivers that flow into the Yellowstone at three forks
The Gallatin, Madison, and Jefferson