5 Most Valuable Trade Items Between Mountain Men and Native Americans

Out in the frontier, survival didn’t come easy.
Mountain men had to negotiate with the wilderness.
And they weren’t alone…
Native tribes had been trading, tracking, and prospering on this land long before trappers showed up with steel and whiskey…
Once they did, however, the frontier lit up with deals…
But what kind of trade could spark wars, build empires, or wipe out entire ways of life?
And what did mountain men and Native tribes really want from each other—and why did it matter so much?
In this episode, we’re digging into the top five trade items that mountain men and Native tribes traded…

My name is Sam, and this is Wild America…

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CHAPTERS:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:56 - Cloth
00:05:02 - Alcohol
00:10:29 - Weapons
00:15:40 - Buffalo Robes
00:25:14 - Beaver Pelts

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Frontier Trade, Native American Trade, Fur Trade, Beaver Pelts, Buffalo Robes, Whiskey Trade, Weapon Trade, Cloth Trade, American History, Wilderness Survival, Trade and Barter, Native American Culture, Mountain Men History, American West History, Fur Trappers, Early American Trade, Frontier Economy, Trade with Tribes, Survival in the Wild, American Frontier, Trade Goods, Vintage Trade, Historical Trade, Native American Traditions, Frontier Living, American West