Fur Trade
What was one of the first demands for fur in North America?
Beaver fur
What is a pelt?
a pelt is a skin of an animal with fur
What are the 5 tribes in Montana?
Blackfeet, Crow, Salish, Northern Cheyenne, Cree
who were two of the richest copper tycoons?
Marcus daly and William A. Clark
What was Montanas 3rd transcontienal railway?
Milwuakee Road
Fur companys often sent birgades of trappers on long fur expetions.What does Birgades mean?
Teams
What is quartz mining?
Quartz mining is hard rock mining
How did the 5 tribes communicate with each other?
Sign Language
If conditions got bad at mining places workers would call a what?
strike
what industry did railroads start?
Montanas tourism industry
These two wheeled carts are made entirely of wood lashed together with bison hide and sinew, so what does sinew mean?
Animal tendon
What is a red river cart?
red river carts are large two wheeled carts made non-metalic materials
What tribe lives on the Blackfeet reservation?
Blackfeet
What did miners carry there gold in ?
they carried there gold in pokes(buckskin sacks)
Trains brought what exotic entertainment to montana?
Circuses
What does rendezvous mean?
Its a french word that means a meeting arranged in advance
What is placer mining ?
placer mining is when you use a pan to sift threw rocks or loose dirt in a river to try to find gold
What reservation did Gros Ventre live on?
They lived on fort belknap
what is an assyer ?
a assyer tells you how much gold and silver is worth
What was Montana's first transcontiental railroad?
Union Pacific
With a string of forts, a transportation network and purchasing power at the rendezvous the american Fur Company gained a monopoly over the fur trade of Missori. What does monopoly mean?
exclusive control
What hydraulic mining?
it is when you use high pressured water to dislodge rock material to try to get copper gold or silver.
The sign waving hands means what?
It means snake
who was william A.Clark (copper tycoons)chief rival ?
Marcus daly
Montanas first trancontiental railway crossed what reservation?
Crow reservation