This Land was Theirs: A Study of the North American IndianContains chapters on the Chipewyan, the Caribou and Kuskowagamiut Eskimos and the Tlingit. |
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Page 38
... trade in furs to the west of Hudson Bay . The company administrators at the trading center of York Fort , founded in 1684 and located along southern Hudson Bay , were anxious to bring Northern Indians to their post . This was difficult ...
... trade in furs to the west of Hudson Bay . The company administrators at the trading center of York Fort , founded in 1684 and located along southern Hudson Bay , were anxious to bring Northern Indians to their post . This was difficult ...
Page 54
... trade . When they began to trap intensively , they spent less time hunting caribou and fishing , and lived within a more tenuous economic system . They desired trade goods and trapped to obtain them , but at the same time they deprived ...
... trade . When they began to trap intensively , they spent less time hunting caribou and fishing , and lived within a more tenuous economic system . They desired trade goods and trapped to obtain them , but at the same time they deprived ...
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... trade ; the earliest , in 1788 , were Robert Gray , commander of the Washington , and John Kendrick in command of the Columbia . Not until the expedition of George Vancouver in 1792-1794 was the northwest coast mapped with enough ...
... trade ; the earliest , in 1788 , were Robert Gray , commander of the Washington , and John Kendrick in command of the Columbia . Not until the expedition of George Vancouver in 1792-1794 was the northwest coast mapped with enough ...
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