George Croghan and the Westward Movement, 1741-1782, Vol. 1: The Indian Trader (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from George Croghan and the Westward Movement, 1741-1782, Vol. 1: The Indian TraderIf the trade in furs and skins is looked at from the point of View of the uncivilized native who could furnish peltry and hides, one findsi equally strong economic forces influencing his conduct. In his esti mation of values, based upon the laws of supply and demand, the exchange of a fine beaver pelt for a sharp knife was a great bargain and gave him as much satis faction as it did to the more civilized trader. The mutual immense profits of the trade in furs and skins and other irresistible economic forces involved, led both savages and civilized men to desire to establish and maintain trading relations in spite of the heavy risks to life and property to all concerned in such trade.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.