TRADE GOODS

From the earliest days of the fur trade, Indigenous traders sought to exchange the pelts they trapped for European-made goods such as beads and blankets, metal pots and knives, and, later, firearms and other items. Here are examples of common trade goods from the fur-trade era.

An axe.

A selection of knife blades.

A musket.

A collection of trade items, including a kettle, a tankard, a fork and spoon, an HBC Point Blanket, and a stoneware pot.

An assortment of beads.