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Chapter 5
The Fur Trade
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| profit | the money gained from the sale of a good or service after all the costs needed to make the sale are subtracted from the amount received |
| resource | a source or supply of a useful material (such as fur, wood, or oil) |
| fur trader | a term used for a European or American involved in the fur trade. Often it refers to a person in charge of a trading post. |
| pelt | an animal skin with the fur on it |
| hunter | a person, usually a man, who spent most of his time hunting or trapping animals for food and for pelts |
| guide | a person hired to help voyageurs and fur traders find their way through unfamiliar lands |
| interpreter | a person who translates for people who speak different languages |
| clerk | a man who managed the day- to-day business at a fur trading post |
| voyageur | a workman who performed the physical labor of the fur trade, including transporting beaver pelts and trade goods by canoe |
| Radisson and Grossiellliers | French explorers and fur traders who came to Minnesota in the 1650's. |
| Daniel Graysolon (Sieur du Lhut) | French military officer, explorer, and fur trader who worked in the Lake Superior region from 1678 to 1687. The city of Duluth is named for him. |
| Father Louis Hennepin | Catholic missionary from Belgium who was among the first to explore the Mississippi River into Minnesota and the land of the Dakota. |
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