tailieunhanh - The Character and Influence of the Indian Trade in Wisconsin

The trading post is an old and influential institution. Established in the midst of an undeveloped society by a more advanced people, it is a center not only of new economic influences, but also of all the transforming forces that accompany the intercourse of a higher with a lower civilization. The Phoenicians developed the institution into a great historic agency. Closely associated with piracy at first, their commerce gradually freed itself from this and spread throughout the Mediterranean lands. A passage in the Odyssey (Book XV.) enables us to trace the genesis of the Phoenician trading post: "Thither came the Phoenicians, mariners renowned, greedy merchant-men with. | The Character and Influence of the Indian by Frederick Jackson Turner 1 The Character and Influence of the Indian by Frederick Jackson Turner The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Character and Influence of the Indian Trade in Wisconsin by Frederick Jackson Turner This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title The Character and Influence of the Indian Trade in Wisconsin Author Frederick Jackson Turner Release Date February 21 2007 EBook 20643 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK INDIAN TRADE IN WISCONSIN Produced by Juliet Sutherland Taavi Kalju and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY STUDIES IN HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL SCIENCE HERBERT B. ADAMS Editor The Character and Influence of the Indian by Frederick Jackson Turner 2 History is past Politics and Politics present NINTH SERIES XI-XII The Character and Influence of the Indian Trade in Wisconsin A Study of the Trading Post as an Institution BY FREDERICK J. TURNER . Professor of History University of Wisconsin BALTIMORE THE JOHNS HOPKINS PRESS PUBLISHED MONTHLY November and December 1891 COPYRIGHT 1891 BY N. MURRAY. ISAAC FRIEDENWALD CO. PRINTERS BALTIMORE. TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAGE. I. INTRODUCTION 7 II. PRIMITIVE INTER-TRIBAL TRADE 10 III. PLACE OF THE INDIAN TRADE IN THE SETTLEMENT OF AMERICA 11 1. Early Trade along the Atlantic Coast 11 2. In New England 12 3. In the Middle Region 18 4. In the South 16 5. In the Far West 18 IV. THE RIVER AND LAKE SYSTEMS OF THE NORThWEsT 19 V. WISCONSIN INDIANS 22 VI. PERIODS OF THE WISCONSIN INDIAN TRADE 25 VII. FRENCH EXPLORATION IN WISCONSIN 26 VIII. FRENCH POSTS IN WISCONSIN 33 IX. THE FOX WARS 34 X. FRENCH SETTLEMENT IN WISCONSIN 38 XI. THE TRADERS .