Rutin' Tootin' Uncle Vlad
Their job was to explore the Louisiana Territory and report back to Jefferson. He asked them to follow the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean. And they were the right men for the job.
The fur trade did not end in the 1700s. It flourished well into the 1800s. In fact, there is some semblance of a fur trade still today.
Yes, fur trading still exists in places like Indonesia and Thailand They trade lama fur, dog fur, and cat fur.
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No they did not give Sacajawea a friendship medal. Lewis and Clark had established friendly relations with a great many Indians tribes to whom they presented gifts, medals, American flags, and a sale of talk designed to promote peace and the fur trade.
Rutin' Tootin' Uncle Vlad
Manuel Lisa followed the route of Lewis and Clark west to find beavers in the Rockies for fur trading.
no. Lewis and Clark did not capture Sacajawea. What happen was she was captured by a group of Minetarees at the age of 12. and sold at 13. then she was bought by a Russian fur trader named Charboneau, she was then asked to be married. then Lewis and Clark came Charboneau asked them if he could translate that's when Sacajawea joined the expedition.
The Lewis and Clark expedition was commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson in 1803 to explore the newly acquired Louisiana Territory, seek a water route to the Pacific Ocean, and establish American presence in the region. They aimed to gather information on the land, resources, people, and wildlife of the West and to establish fur trade relationships with Native American tribes.
No. She was the wife of a French-Canadian, Toussaint Charbonneau, a fur trader. She helped Lewis and Clark when she was 6 months pregnant. She was able to help them because she knew how to interpret languages and also knew the land well.
Since there weren't many roads in the 1800s and most land that Lewis and Clark explored was unknown, rivers were one of the only ways they could travel. The rivers were how fur trappers traveled.
They were sergeants, privates, carpenters, hunters, fur-traders, translators, woodsmen, etc.
Robert Gray, a fur trader, came to Oregon 1st so I think he found it. but Lewis and Clark found it also
Lewis and Clark hired a French-Canadian fur trapper named Toussaint Charbonneau to serve as their interpreter. Charbonneau's Shoshone wife, Sacagawea, also played a crucial role as an interpreter and guide during the expedition.
a fur trade monopoly is the control over fur