Fur Trappers & Traders

A liquid that comes from the beaver that is used as bait.

• Castoreum or castor

• cachette

• rendezvous

A meeting at an agreed time or place

• Castoreum or castor

• cachette

• rendezvous

• plew

A french word for beaver pelt

• Castoreum or castor

• cachette

• rendezvous

• plew

A french word for hiding place

• Castoreum or castor

• cachette

• rendezvous

• plew

Match the following

• William Ashley

• Built Bent's Fort

• Ceran St. Veran

• Helped the Bent Brothers build Fort Bent

• William & Charles Bent

• A famous mountain man who was a friend of the Crow Indians & a scout for the army

• Jim Beckwourth

• Formed Rocky Mountain Fur Company

Match the following

• Fort Uncompahgre

• Build by William Bent after Bent's Fort was destroyed.

• Fort Lupton

• Built by Le Doux and burned to the ground.

• Fort Le Doux

• Built by Lancaster P. Lupton

• Fort Wise

• Built by Antoine Robidoux on the Gunnison River near Delta, CO

Match the following

• Fort Lupton

• Also called Fot Lookout & Fort George

• Fort St. Vrain

• Built by Andrew Sublette & Louis Vasquez on the South Platte River

• Fort Davy Crockett

• Located in Northwestern CO Nicknamed Fort Misery

• Fort Vasquez

• Built by Lancaster P. Lupton

Kit Carson was a large man

• True

• False

Kit Carson was a Army Scout

• True

• False

Kit Carson was a guide for Fremont

• True

• False