| Term | Definition |
|---|
| La Vendrye | first white to record a visit to N.D. |
| Alexander Henry | wrote about his days at the Missouri River Fur Post |
| David Thompson | first maps of N.D. |
| Thomas Douglas | Started an agricultural settlement in Red River Valley(Selkirk Colony) |
| Manuel Lisa | Started first sucessful American Fur Company on the Upper MIssouri |
| Kenneth Mackenzie | ran the famous fur post on the upper missouri "king of Upper Missouri" |
| Norman Kittson | sent by Sibleyy to open fur post in N.D. |
| Henry Attkinson | U.S. amry COlonel he built a fort at present day Omaha |
| Joe Roellette | ran fur post at Pembina after 1854 |
| John Jacob Astor | owned American Fur Company one of the richest men in U.S. |
| 1827 | American Fur Company bought Columbia Fur Company |
| 1797 | Pembina was established |
| 1812 | Selkirk Colony was started |
| 1818 | this part of N.D. became part of U.S. |
| 1803 | U.S. bought Lousiana Purchase from France |
| 1804 | Lewis & Clark start their Journey |
| 1738 | La Vendrye visits Mandan |
| 1801 | Spain gave Lousiana to French |
| 1825 | treaty between 16 indian and U.S. gov't tribes |
| 1844 | Kittson took over Pembina |
| Red river | Selkirk Colony established on this river |
| Red River | Alexander Henry raised Patotoes on this river |
| Missouri River | War of 1812 stopped fur trading COlonel Levenworth Brought troops to punish the Arikara on this river |
| Missouri River | Spainish tried but failed to establish a fur business on this river |
| Spain | Country that controlled the Upper Missouri River |
| France | Country that controlled the Upper Missouri River |
| Great Britian | Country that controlled the Upper Missouri River |
| U.S. | Country that controlled the Upper Missouri River |
| alchol | distructive force brought to indians by traders |
| Disease | distructive force brought to indians by traders |
| Pembina | Center for Trade on Red river |
| Ft. Union | Famous fur post on Red River |
| Bourgeois | manager/boss of fur posts |
| Clerk | kept records at the fur posts |
| Engages | Common Workers |
| Barter system | the system that you traded furs for goods |
| 49th Parrellel | parallel became the border between the U.S. and Canada |
| 1820s-1850s | the great fur trading years on the Missouri River |
| Northwest Passage | first whites came to N.D. for this |
| fur | first whites came to N.D. for this |
| mountain men | men loved the lifestule being away from society |
| trapper/traders | men who were in it for the money |
| Sakakawea | big help for Lewis& Clark to get to the Pacific ocean |
| stockade | well around |
| Blockhouses | Look outs |
| british | owned the Hudson Bay Company |
| kenneth mackenzie,daniel LaMount,William Laidlaw,Joseph Renville | ran the Columbia Fur Company |
| 1850s | old fur days gone |
| 1860s | U.S. amry started building their own forts sold fur at army forts |
| 1870s | beaver decreased Fur Trade Done on Missouri |
| French | first to enter Minnesota |
| Selkirk Colony | red river settlement establsh by Thomas Douglas who took people from Scotland and brought the into the red river valley (agricultural settlement) |
| Selkirk Colony had to _ all there goods from the H.B.C | Goods |
| H.B.C-monoply | Charged high prices for goods and paid low prices for furs |
| St. Paul | where the Selkirk colony started to trade because of the high prices |
| 1854 | kittson leaves Pembina Joe Rollette stays and takes over |
| french | owned the Nor' west Company |
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