Women in the Fur Trade
Women in the Fur Trade
Women in the Fur Trade
Finishing with the people in the Native village, you wander into the woods with the intention of teleporting yourself to Fort Garry. Pressing the button on your device, you disappear into thin air. Reappearing at the gate of the trading post, you walk inside. Directly inside the fort, you see two ladies at the water well. These two ladies are known as the town gossips knowing everything and knowing everyone within the walls of the fort. In conversation with these two ladies, you start to learn a lot.
With the links below, are primary sources dedicated to women in the Fur Trade. Some of the links are biographies. Once you have exhausted all of the provided links, you are wellcome to turn to Internet to find sources of your own.
Women of the Fur Trade
The Story of Broken Toe
Encyclopedia of the Plains- Women of the Fur Trade
Isobel Gunn
Fur Trade Stories