. North Dakota history and people; outlines of American history. oung fellow, fonder of adventure than of books and study, thoughin one of his letters among the Sibley papers Mr. Crooks speaks of him as gettingon very well and giving promise of becoming a useful man. When he leftNew York for his home on the frontier he had a good education and some accom-plishments, in addition to his natural bright, buoyant spirits, enthusiasm and quickwit. On his return from New York young Rolette entered the service of hisfather in the fur trade. About 1840 he was sent up into the Red River countryand locat
. North Dakota history and people; outlines of American history. oung fellow, fonder of adventure than of books and study, thoughin one of his letters among the Sibley papers Mr. Crooks speaks of him as gettingon very well and giving promise of becoming a useful man. When he leftNew York for his home on the frontier he had a good education and some accom-plishments, in addition to his natural bright, buoyant spirits, enthusiasm and quickwit. On his return from New York young Rolette entered the service of hisfather in the fur trade. About 1840 he was sent up into the Red River countryand located at a post on the present site of Pembina. He was then under thedirection of General Sibley, who was in general charge of the fur companysbusiness in this region, and whose headquarters were at Mendota or St. it was then called. In 1843, i connection with his mothers brother, a , he started a line of carts between Pembina and St. Paul. About this timeGeneral Sibley sent Norman W. Kittson to take charge of the fur trade in the . HISTORY OF NORTH DAKOTA 503 Red River country, and Rolette became Kittsons lieutenant. Kittson indorsedJoes project for a cart line between Pembina and St. Peters and added anotherline. In 1844 six carts came down during the year. In 1858 this number had increased to 600, and in the meantime a veryimportant part of the fur traffic had been diverted from the routes of the Plud-sons Bay Company to St. Paul. It is not too much to say that it was this speciesof commerce that made St. Paul a city. In the conduct of his business Joe was notvery careful or methodical, but always meant to be faithful to the interests of hiscompany. He was always alert in protecting its rights. The American tradersat the Red River posts suffered great losses from time to time from the aggres-sion of the Hudsons Bay Companys men. The latter, no doubt encouraged bytheir superiors, frequently passed over the boundary between Canada and theUnited States and engag
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