Ironically, the Russians did. - Fort Ross, near Sonoma, California was established around 1812 to protect Russian fur trappers and traders.
In early republic of Rome, common people including farmers, artisans, small merchants, and traders were called plebeians.
From slave traders in central Africa
Rome :D
The French and Indian War (also know as the war of the conquest) The American Indians supported the french because the french fur trappers and traders that they had come across treated them with respect and the English did not. (the war was against the french and british) french and Indians were enemies of the british the Indians helped the french the british won :(
Many of the early trappers/fur traders in America were French.
Trappers, traders, and emigrants on their way to California
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Indians
Trappers, traders and Russian Orthodox missionaries.
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Fur traders and trappers from the American Fur Company.
Fur traders and trappers from the American Fur Company.
Mountain men
French traders and trappers in North America were known as coureurs des bois, which translates to "runners of the woods." They were independent entrepreneurs who traded with Native Americans and played a significant role in the fur trade during the 17th and 18th centuries.