Indians in the Fur Trade: Their Roles as Trappers, Hunters, and Middlemen in the Lands Southwest of Hudson Bay, 1660-1870 (Heritage)

First published in 1974, this best-selling book was lauded by Choice as 'an important, ground-breaking study of the Assiniboine and western Cree Indians who inhabited southern Manitoba and Saskatchewan' and 'essential reading for anyone interested in the history of the Canadian west before 1870.' Indians in the Fur Trade makes extensive use of previously unpublished Hudson's Bay Company archival materials and other available data to reconstruct the cultural geography of the West at the time of early contact, illustrating many of the rapid cultural transformations with maps and diagrams. Now with a new introduction and an update on sources, it will continue to be of great use to students and scholars of Native and Canadian history. Indians In The Fur Trade Makes Extensive Use Of Previously Unpublished Hudson's Bay Company Archival Materials And Other Available Data To Reconstruct The Cultural Geography Of The West At The Time Of Early Contact, Illustrating Many Of The Rapid Cultural Transformations With Maps And Diagrams. Now With A New Introduction And An Update On Sources, It Will Continue To Be Of Great Use To Students And Scholars Of Native And Canadian History.--jacket. Trade Rivalries, Inter-tribal Warfare, And Migration -- Land And Life In The Western Interior Before 1763 -- Traders And Middlemen -- Arms, Brandy, Beads, And Sundries -- Migrations, Epidemics, And Population Changes, 1763-1821 -- The Destruction Of Fur And Game Animals -- New Economic Opportunities -- Economic Dependency And The Fur Trade: Contrasting Trends -- Land And Life: A Changing Mosaic -- The Changing Demographic Picture After 1821 -- Declining Opportunities In A Changing Fur Trade -- End Of A Way Of Life. Arthur J. Ray. Originally Published: Toronto ; Buffalo : University Of Toronto Press, 1974. With A New Introd. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [232]-242) And Index. Frontmatter ILLUSTRATIONS (page ix) INTRODUCTION TO THE 1998 EDITION: REFLECTIONS ON INDIANS IN THE FUR TRADE (page xi) PREFACE TO THE 1974 EDITION (page xxxiii) 1 Trade rivalries, inter-tribal warfare, and migration (page 3) 2 Land and life in the western interior before 1763 (page 27) 3 Traders and middlemen (page 51) 4 Arms, brandy, beads, and sundries (page 72) 5 Migrations, epidemics, and population changes, 1763-1821 (page 94) 6 The destruction of fur and game animals (page 117) 7 New economic opportunities (page 125) 8 Economic dependency and the fur trade: contrasting trends (page 137) 9 Land and life: a changing mosaic (page 166) 10 The changing demographic picture after 1821 (page 182) 11 Declining opportunities in a changing fur trade (page 195) 12 End of a way of life (page 217) SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR THE 1974 EDITION (page 232) INDEX (page 243) "Indians in the Fur Trade makes extensive use of previously unpublished Hudson's Bay Company archival materials and other available data to reconstruct the cultural geography of the West at the time of early contact, illustrating many of the rapid cultural transformations with maps and diagrams. Now with a new introduction and an update on sources, it will continue to be of great use to students and scholars of Native and Canadian history."--BOOK JACKET A classic study of the Assiniboine and western Cree Indians who inhabited southern Manitoba and Saskatchewan between 1660 and 1870. The second edition contains a new preface and an update on all sources. Arthur J. Ray. Reprint. Originally Published: 1974. Includes Bibliographical References (pages [232]-242) And Index.