Chapter 4 Vocab Flashcards
Hudson’s Bay Company
the oldest commercial corporation in North America, once a fur trade company, now a department store retailer
Rupert’s Land
territory consisting of the drainage basin of the Hudson Bay
North West Company
the HBC’s main rival in the fur trade, based in Montreal
hivernants
employees of the NWC who lived in the Northwest year-round
factor
an agent who conducts business on someone’s behalf
voyageur
someone hired to transport goods by canoe from one trading post to another
portage
to carry boats and goods around dangerous parts of a river
oral tradition
a way of remembering the past through stories and spoken tradition
celibacy
refraining from sexual relations
pemmican
dried meat pounded to paste and mixed with melted fat and berries
Red River carts
two-wheeled carts used on the Prairies
buffalo runners
small horses specially trained to be used during the buffalo hunt
Selkirk Settlement (Red River Colony)
a settlement organized by the Earl of Selkirk, now Manitoba
Pemmican Proclamation
issued in 1814, prevents the export of pemmican from the Red River Valley
parley
a discussion under truce, sometimes to discuss peaceful alternatives to battle
