First published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1974 Publisher, pagination and printing dates may vary Canadiana Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
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
