The Indian way

By Neil D. Van Sickle

Subjects: Indian traders, Commerce, Fur traders, Fur trade, Indians of North America, History

Description: Van Sickle and Rodewald look at the fur trades cultural impact and demonstrate the great extent to which white adventurers, explorers and traders heavily relied upon the Native American tribes and emphasize the overriding role of Indian people in exploration, wilderness transportation, survival, and the collection of pelts and hides. They focus their work around the year 1833.