The Character and Influence of the Indian Trade in Wisconsin

The Character and Influence of the Indian Trade in Wisconsin
A Study of the Trading Post as an Institution

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