The Character and Influence of the Indian Trade in Wisconsin

A Study of the Trading Post as an Institution

Nonfiction, History, Americas, Native American, United States, 19th Century

• Author: Frederick J. Turner
• ISBN: 1230000147099
• Publisher: VolumesOfValue
• Publication: July 1, 2013
• Language: English

This edition features a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes.

CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION
II. PRIMITIVE INTER-TRIBAL TRADE
III. PLACE OF THE INDIAN TRADE IN THE SETTLEMENT OF AMERICA

1. Early Trade along the Atlantic Coast
2. In New England
3. In the Middle Region
4. In the South
5. In the Far West
   IV. THE RIVER AND LAKE SYSTEMS OF THE NORTHWEST
   V. WISCONSIN INDIANS
   VI. PERIODS OF THE WISCONSIN INDIAN TRADE
   VII. FRENCH EXPLORATION IN WISCONSIN
   VIII. FRENCH POSTS IN WISCONSIN
   IX. THE FOX WARS
   X. FRENCH SETTLEMENT IN WISCONSIN
   XI. THE TRADERS' STRUGGLE TO RETAIN THEIR TRADE
   XII. THE ENGLISH AND THE NORTHWEST. INFLUENCE OF THE INDIAN TRADE ON DIPLOMACY
   XIII. THE NORTHWEST COMPANY
   XIV. AMERICAN INFLUENCES
   XV. GOVERNMENT TRADING HOUSES
   XVI. WISCONSIN TRADE IN 1820
   XVII. EFFECTS OF THE TRADING POST