fur traders

Includes brief biographies of seventeen leaders of the western fur trade.

In 1792, Jean Pierre Petit Le Rouge, a squirrel, eager for adventure, stows away in the canoe of a group of voyageurs, unaware of what they are traveling so far to trade. Includes pronunciation guide, historical notes, and a recipe.

Discusses the history of the North American West from 1800 to 1860 and many of the influential families of the time.

Discusses the life and work of Jedediah Smith, an explorer of the American West and leader of mountain men.

In 1801, fourteen-year-old Pierre returns to work for the North West Fur Company and makes the long and difficult journey to a winter camp, where he learns from both the other voyageurs and from the Ojibwe Native Americans, whose land they share.

Presents biographies of eighteen men essential to the opening of the West.

A description of the mountain men, nineteenth-century explorers and fur traders who helped open up the West to United States settlement.

In the early 1700s, twelve-year-old Suzette, an Ojibwa-French girl, hopes that her father will win the fur-trapping contest so that he can quit being a voyageur and stay with his family year-round, but when he is accused of stealing, Suzette must use her knowledge of both French and Ojibwa ways to find the real thief.