{"product_id":"early-fur-trade-on-the-northern-plains-canadian-traders-among-the-mandan-and-hidatsa-indians-1738-1818-9780806131986","title":"Early Fur Trade on the Northern Plains: Canadian Traders Among the Mandan and Hidatsa Indians, 1738-1818","description":"\"Early Fur Trade on the Northern Plains presents a lengthy introduction plus a unique combination of five journals, or portions of journals, of North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company traders who left records of their travels to the country of the village-dwelling Mandan and Hidatsas along the Missouri River of North Dakota. . . . In addition to a history of events, Indian-trader relationships, and trader competition, the editors synthesize data on a number of topics, including lists of resident traders in the villages, the time required to travel between the Assiniboine River posts and the villages, trade commodities, and rates of exchange for items such as beaver skins and horses. . . . A unique and invaluable collection.\"--Pacific Historical Review presents a lengthy introduction plus a unique combination of five journals, or portions of journals, of North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company traders who left records of their travels to the country of the village-dwelling Mandan and Hidatsas along the Missouri River of North Dakota. . . . In addition to a history of events, Indian-trader relationships, and trader competition, the editors synthesize data on a number of topics, including lists of resident traders in the villages, the time required to travel between the Assiniboine River posts and the villages, trade commodities, and rates of exchange for items such as beaver skins and horses. . . . A unique and invaluable collection.\"--Pacific Historical Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWood, W. Raymond:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eW. Raymond Wood\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of Missouri, Columbia. He has authored or edited numerous articles and books on western American history and archaeology, including \u003ci\u003ePrologue to Lewis and Clark: The Mackay and Evans Expedition\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by the University of Oklahoma Press.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThiessen, Thomas D.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThomas D. Thiessen\u003c\/strong\u003e holds the master's degree in anthropology from the University of Nebraska. He is Supervisory Archeologist, National Park Service, Midwest Archeological Center, Lincoln, Nebraska.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Oklahoma Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50461215260946,"sku":"9780806131986","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ac014d02-9a74-419d-9371-44b119b7f8e0.jpg?v=1730060112","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/early-fur-trade-on-the-northern-plains-canadian-traders-among-the-mandan-and-hidatsa-indians-1738-1818-9780806131986","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}