Chapter 5 Vocabulary

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A term used for a European or American involved in the fur trade. Often it refers to a person in charge of a trading post.

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Fur Trader

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A person who translates for people who speak different languages.

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Interpreter

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The money gained from the sale of a good or service after all the costs needed to make the sale are subtracted from the amount received.

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Profit

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A workman who performed the physical labor of the fur trade, including transporting beaver pelts and trade goods by canoe.

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Voyageur

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An animal skin with fur on it.

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Pelt

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A person hired to help voyageurs and fur traders find their way through unfamiliar land.

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Guide

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A source or supply of useful material such as fur, wood or oil.

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Resource

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A person, usually a man, who spent most of his time hunting or trapping animals for food or pelts.

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Hunter

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A man who managed the day to day business at a fur trading post.

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Clerk

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an event at the end of the trading cycle to exchange and celebrate

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