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What term was used to describe young Americans who hunted for beaver pelts along the rocky mountain region?
Mountain men
Why was the beaver used to make beaver pelts and not other animals?
Because beaver pelts do not come from bears.
What did Europeans trade for Beaver Fur?
Axes, beaver pelts, blankets, jewelry, muskrat pelts and rabbit pelts and guns, etc...
What were the beaver pelts used for in Europe?
Well, in the America's, the Indians would use the pelts to barter with explorers or mountain men for European goods. In Europe, they would make Beaver belt hats and use the pelt for its leather or suede quality.
Did the Seminole trade beaver pelts?
yes
What were some of the furs that were valuable to the french?
Beaver pelts
What did Samuel de Champlain trade?
Beaver Pelts
What European country is known for beaver pelts?
Russia
What the europeans trade for beaver pelts?
North America
What was a rendezvous?
Each summer traders ventured from St. Louis to a verdant Rocky Mountain valley, made camp, and waited for the trappers and Indians to arrive with beaver pelts to swap for manufactured goods from the East. This trade thrived for some two decades; by the time beaver hats had gone out of fashion, the hapless beaver had all but disappeared from the region.
Why did the mountain men exist?
The mountain men were the suppliers to the beaver fur hat industry during the early 1800's. They went into the wilderness to trap and skin beavers and sell the pelts at the yearly rendevous.
How do they trade beaver pelts?
black market, midnite my house
