Crusaders of New France : a Chronicle of the Fleur-De-Lis in the Wilderness
The book Crusaders of New France : a Chronicle of the Fleur-De-Lis in the Wilderness was written by author Munro, William Bennett, 1875-1957 Here you can read free online of Crusaders of New France : a Chronicle of the Fleur-De-Lis in the Wilderness book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Crusaders of New France : a Chronicle of the Fleur-De-Lis in the Wilderness a good or bad book?
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The heyday of the buffalo trade came later, with the development of overland transportation. At any rate the dependence of New France upon these furs was complete. "I would have you know," asserts one chronicler, "that Canada subsists only upon the trade of these skins and furs, three-fourths of which come from the people who live around the Great Lakes." The prosper- ity of the French colony hinged wholly upon two things: whether the routes from the West were open, and whether the market for f...urs in France was holding up. Upon the former depended the quantity of furs brought to Montreal; upon the latter, the amount of profit which the coureurs- THE COUEEimS-DE-BOIS 17] bois and the merchants of the colony would :ain. For ten days or a fortnight the great fair ai )ntreal continued. A picturesque bazaar it ist have been, this meeting of the two ends civilization, for trade has been, in all ages, a jhty magnet to draw the ends of the earth ;ether. When all the furs had been sold, the ireurs-de-bois took some goods along with !m to be used partly in trade on their own ac- tnt at the western posts and partly as presents m the King to the western chieftains.
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