USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Other early Indian trade partners included the Yamassees, who traded deerskins and later Indian slaves for such things as guns, cloth, rum, hoes, and mirrors. Over time, the trade goods most requested by Indians were guns, ammunition, hatchets, vermilion (red) paint, calico cloth, knives, and hats.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Native Americans provided skins, hides, food, knowledge, and other crucial materials and supplies, while the settlers traded beads and other types of currency (also known as “wampum”) in exchange for these goods.

Detailed explanation-3: -Tobacco, liquor and various articles of clothing were often offered to Indians as a way of respecting Native protocol of gift giving in contexts of trade and alliance. Some of the most important trade items are described below.

Detailed explanation-4: -The major trade goods were woollen blankets, cotton and linen cloth, metal goods, firearms and fishing gear. Tobacco, alcohol, trade jewellery and other luxury items accounted for only ten percent of the goods traded. The fur traders received far more than furs from Native people.

Detailed explanation-5: -The demand for beaver increased rapidly in the early 1600’s, when fashionable European men began to wear felt hats made from beaver fur. Such furs as fox, marten, mink, and otter also were traded. In 1608, the French explorer Samuel de Champlain established a trading post on the site of the present-day city of Quebec.