Western Mercantile Participation in the Indian Trade, Article, 1940
Entry/Object ID
AM2019.13.49
Scope and Content
Western Mercantile Participation in the Indian Trade, Article, 1940.
Article by Lewis Atherton from the September 1940 issue of Pacific Historical Review. Pages 281-295
Atherton compares the role of fur company traders and western merchants. Merchants were of major significance and have been mostly ignored for their role in the commerce with the Indian tribes.