Contract between Nicolas Perrot and Pierre Rivard and 12 other fur traders : 1685 April 4.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Contract between Nicolas Perrot and Pierre Rivard and 12 other fur traders : 1685 April 4.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84320753

Contract for fur trading with the Mascouten and "Nadoussaux" (or Sioux) Indians in the area of and beyond "Baie des Puants" (Green Bay, Wis.). Perrot, commander of the Green Bay trading post, will be "chief" of the "company" and responsible for providing trade goods and provisions.

[8] p. ; 31 cm.

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 8317842

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Related Entities

There are 2 Entities related to this resource.

Ricard, Pierre ReneĢ 1657-1717

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ff3xck (person)

Perrot, Nicolas, 1644-1718

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ft8r6z (person)

Perrot was a fur trader, voyageur, and envoy to Native Americans, he came to the new world as an agent to the French missionaries. His knowledge and influence with the Indians was often used by the French government in dealing with the tribes of the old Northwest. In 1688 he took formal possession of the Mississippi in the name of the King. His many services to the government were never repaid. His memoirs on the manners, customs and religions of the North American Indians have been published in...