Trade Activities of American Indians and Trade Men

What activity did trade men focus on during the spring?

• Building the Fort

• Packing to go to the Fort

• Collecting wild rice

• Spreading out into the forest

What did American Indians do in the spring?

• Trade and collect maple sap

• Chop wood and build kinship ties

• Distribute trade goods

• Farm and rendezvous

What did American Indians do in the fall/autumn?

• Collect wild rice

• Visit with other trade men

• Prepare pelts

• Make canoes

What was a winter activity for the trade men?

• Collecting maple sap

• Building kinship ties

• Distributing trade goods

• Farming

What did American Indians do in the winter?

• Trade and farm

• Spread out into the forest

• Rendezvous

• Collect wild rice

What benefit did Europeans get from the fur trade?

• Maple sap

• Wild rice

• Beaver furs for hats

• Canoes for hunting

What was a common activity for both trade men and American Indians in the fall?

• Trading

• Farming

• Making canoes

• Hunting

What was a key activity for American Indians in the spring?

• Building the Fort

• Collecting maple sap

• Distributing trade goods

• Farming

What is the main responsibility of a clerk in the fur trade?

• Trapping animals

• Cleaning pelts

• Managing day-to-day business

• Paddling canoes

What does "Portage" refer to?

• Group of canoes

• Transporting goods

• Trading posts

• Cleaning pelts