The Fur Trade Revisited: Selected Papers of the Sixth North American Fur Trade Conference, Mackinac Island, Michigan, 1991

List of Illustrations

Illustrations Photograph of five Native girls in Island Lake, Manitoba District, c. 1927. .. 10 Scene at Ponask Lake, c. 1927 ..................................... 12 Muskrat Meat and Skins on Stretchers Being Smoked, Cumberland House Reserve, Saskatchewan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 15 The Port ofLa Rochelle in the Eighteenth Century, seen from the Petite Rive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ........................... 21 "Table of furs arrived from Canada in this city of La Rochelle in December 1737" ............................................ 24 Distribution of English and Rochelais Fur Exports, c. 1739 . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 26 Old Custom House Quay, painted by Samuel Scott ....................... 27 Prices of Selected Furs, 1720-1760 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 30 Page from the "Accompt Book of Sales" of the Hudson's Bay Company, November, 1737 .................................. 32 The Royal Exchange, from a Tourist Print of the Mid-Eighteenth Century .. .41 Fur Trade Supply Lines Involving John Strettell and His Successor Firms ... 45 John Fraser of Achnagairn (17417-1824), painted by his daughter, Justina Fraser ..................................... 47 Interior of the Royal Exchange, from a print dated 1807 ................ 49 Women with the Help of Dog Travois Transporting a Lakota Camp, painted by Kills Two ........................................... 58 Map of Lakota and Dakota Migration, Fur Trading Posts, Agencies, and Surrounding Tribes, 1650-1880 ............................... 60 Man Riding a Horse, Hunting Buffalo, painted by Kills Two. . . . . . . . . . . .. 63 Horses Moving Camp Goods and Food, drawn by George Catlin .......... 65 Watercolor by Lino Sanchez y Tapia of Caddo Indians Living in the Nacogdoches Area, 1828 .................................... 73 Value of Pelts in Relation to Louisiana Exports ........................ 78 Percentage of Total Expenses of the Province of Louisiana Spent on "Friendship to Indian Populations" ........................ 79 Map of European and Native American Settlement around Nacogdoches in East Texas, c. 1810 ............................... 80 Watercolor by Lino Sanchez y Tapia of Coushatta (Koasati) Hunters, 1828 .. 83 Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Lithic Tools on Aboriginal Sites in the Trans-Mississippi South and the Lower Mississippi Valley ......... 84 Watercolor by Lino Sanchez y Tapia of Taovayas (or Tawehash) Hunters, 1828 .................................... 86 Map of French-Period Outposts in the Western Great Lakes Lakes Region ...95 Map of French-Period Native Sites Consulted for Trade Good Data ....... 100 Artifacts Excavated at Michilimackinac.................. 102, 103, and 104 Ojibwe Women, c. 1856, painted by Eastman Johnson .................. 110 Kay be sen day way We Win, c. 1856, sketch by Eastman Johnson ......... 110 Map of East-Central Alberta Showing Fort George-Buckingham House Site ..118 Topographic Map of Fort George-Buckingham House Site Complex ...... 119 Map of Home Regions of Native Visitors Based on M'Gillivray's Account .. 121 Populations of Visiting Tribes to Fort George-Buckingham House ........ 126 Quantities of Pelts and Provisions Traded at Fort George-Buckingham House. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 128 Spearins Muskrats in Winter, by Seth Eastman ........................ 145 Maps Showing Locations of Mesquakie and Sauk Villages and Trading Posts, 1824-1828 and 1840-1841 ................................ 146 Return on Credit, Sauk and Mesquakie Trade, 1826, 1827, and 1828 ..... 148 The Five Items Most Frequently Purchased on Credit, Sauk and Mesquakie Trade, 1826, 1827, 1828, and 1840 ..................... 150 The Five Items Consuming the Largest Percentage of Credit, Sauk and Mesquakie Trade, 1826, 1827, 1828, and 1840 ..................... 150 Keokuk and Pashapaho, painted by George Catlin ................... 154-55 Kishkekosh from McKenney and Hall ............................... 156 Prairie du Chien, painted by Seth Eastman, 1846-1848 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 162 Rachel (Lawe) Grignon (1808-1876) ............................... 163 "A New Map of Part of North America," from Arthur Dobbs. . . . . . . . . . .. 173 "Plan de Missilimakinak," c. 1717 ................................. 174 Map, Travels of Joseph La France, Coureur de Bois, 1724-1742 ............178 Record of Marriage of Jean-Baptiste Cadot, Ste. Anne's Register ......... 190 Inset on Sketch ofLake Huron, 1788 by Gother Mann ................... 192 Page from Jean-Baptiste Cadot Ledger, 1783 .........................193 Detail from a Page in the Blondeau Account Book Showing Sale of Cadot Fur in 1783 .......................................... 195 Map of the Lake Superior Region Showing the Location of Many of the Cadot Fur-Trading Posts ............................. 196 Nineteenth-Century Engraving Depicting Israel Putnam Threatening to Ignite a Keg of Gunpowder ...................................205 William Warren ............................................... 210 Sir William Johnson, c. 1772, attributed to Matthew Pratt. . . . . . . . . . . .. 218 ix Guy Johnson's Sketch of the Fort Johnson Estate ..................... 223 Simon McTavish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 227 Colonel Guy Johnson and Karonghyontye (Captain David Hill), by Sir Benjamin West ......................................... 229 John Grey (Gray), drawn by Father Nicolas Point, S.J ................. 245 Spheres of Trading Activities, Columbia District and Upper Missouri Outfit, 1825-1835 ............................... 246 Kenneth McKenzie ............................................ 253 Years of Employment by Class, HBC (1811-1861), AFC/UMO (1826-1848) .. 255 Position at Retirement by Ethnicity, Columbia District and Upper Missouri Outfit ..................................... 257 Peter Skene Ogden, Jr. and His Son, Peter...