History 2201E Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: North West Company, American Fur Company, Lenape
20 Jun 2012
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Inter-societal trade: dependent on the cooperation between the europeans and natives for it to work. Starting seeking out luxury furs: red fox, silver fox, otter, martens, polar bears. Also traded hides: deer, elk, buffalo, caribou, very utilitarian, good for leather. Cleaned, dressed and sundried: castor gras also important. Beaver robes, coats used by the natives. Worn with the fur on the inside". French fur trade: started in nova scotia and goes into the great lakes, also went into the south, huge mistake; should have gone north, called mont royale fur trade , montreal the hub of fur trade. Dutch/albany fur trade: grew out of initial settlement at fort orange (now albany, new york, still important, but not as important as french and english trade. English trade: more worried about colonizing and settling, agriculture more important, started trade with delaware people, 1664 english and dutch fight, english take over the albany trade, also included the hudson bay trade.
