HIST260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Petun
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In the first 100 years french were dependant on the natives for protection and trade. Algonkin: located north of the st lawrence (hunt and gather type people, small bands, seasonal movement) permanent village settlements) Iroquoian: located south of the st lawrence (agricultural based society, Hunt and gather - band societies: montagnais, algonkin, cree, and naskapi. Agricultural - tribal societies (villages): iroquois, huron, petun, neutral, erie. People of opposite cultural groups were often allies because of trading - needed goods from people with other way of life. The french were dependant on the alliances for fur so they were forced to become involved in native conflicts (native trading alliances involved both military alliance and kinship). Either group (french/native) felt superior to the other -- mutual discovery. French are few in numbers and dependant on the huron for protection and. Huron become fur trade middlemen for the french -- making them.
