. North Dakota history and people; outlines of American history. s. The wealth .springing from the fur trade was enormous. The great wealthof the times was concentrated from that source. This trade extended clear acrossthe continent—to the Pacific and led to the successive discoveries of gold whichdid not lead settlement as the fur trade did. The fur trade founded thetowns and trading posts. We are surprised at the numbers of the buffalo, but the beavers were foundin every state in the Union, and are yet to a limited extent. No other wild or furbearing animal was so universal. A considerable f
. North Dakota history and people; outlines of American history. s. The wealth .springing from the fur trade was enormous. The great wealthof the times was concentrated from that source. This trade extended clear acrossthe continent—to the Pacific and led to the successive discoveries of gold whichdid not lead settlement as the fur trade did. The fur trade founded thetowns and trading posts. We are surprised at the numbers of the buffalo, but the beavers were foundin every state in the Union, and are yet to a limited extent. No other wild or furbearing animal was so universal. A considerable fur trade is yet carried on inthe older northwestern and western states. In 1890 to 1895, North Dakota trappers had nearly extinguished the beaverof that whole area. Desiring to restore them, a wise Legislature enacted a lawfor their preservation, with a heavy penalty attached. The result was satisfac-tory. LInited States surveyors in remote regions found thriving colonies of thoseremarkable rodents in 1898. repopulating many choice streams in happy CHAPTER II OCCUPIED FOR INDIAN TRADE THE Hudsons bay company—prixce ruperts land—the north-west and X. Y. COMPANIES ALEXANDER HENRYs RED RIVER BRIGADE THE EMBARKA-TION THE INDIAN HUNTING GROUNDS, ABOUNDING IN BEARS, BEAVERS AND BUFFALO TERRORIZED BY THE SIOUX—THE PARK RIVER POST—^STORY OF THE BRITISH FLAG THE VICIOUS ELEMENT OF LIQUOR—SACRIFICE AND THANKS-GIVING AN ATTEMPT AT BRIBERY—HUNTERS AND THE SPOILS CONTRACTS WITH THE LORDS OF THE FORESTS EARLY TRADING POSTS PEMBINA POST ESTAliLISHED. For mankind are one in spirit, and an instinct bears alongRound the earths electric circle, the swift flash of right or wrong,Whether conscious or unconscious, yet Humanitys vast frame,Through its ocean-sundered fibres, feels the gush of joy or shame—In the gain or loss of one race all the rest have equal claim. —James Russell Lowell. THE Hudsons bay company—prince ruperts land . In 1609 Henry Hudson, a navigator of
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