Invitation to Trade Artist's Proof on Paper
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This image was inspired by the journal kept by Chalres Larpenteur, an employee of The American Fur Company on the Missouri River in 1844.
At the time, trading in the villages was forbidden by law and competition with the British Hudson Bay Company was sharp. Some degree of persuasion was in order. In his own words ". . . when trouble was expected in bringing the chiefs to the fort, a sled was brought out, having a small keg of liquor placed upon it to treat the gentlemen; a band of music was also in attendance. The instruments consisted of a clarinette, a drum, a violin and a triangle . . . it was almost impossible for the Indians to refuse such an invitation."
The story of the fur trade is mostly one of sad debauchment but there were warm times worth recording like this bright day long ago.
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