Marriages of fur traders to Indian women created bonds that helped advance trade relations. As a result of these “many tender ties" there emerged a unique society derived from both Indian and European culture. The essential role of women is gleaned from vital bits of information from trader's journals, letters and wills. Soft bound, 303 pages, 6 x 9" with map and illustrations.

The Table of Contents includes the following:

• Introduction
• Chapter 1 Enter the White Man
• Chapter 2 The Custom of the Country
• Chapter 3 "Your Honors Servants"
• Chapter 4 Women in Between
• Chapter 5 "Daughters of the Country"
• Chapter 6 My Only Consolation
• Chapter 7 "Quite English in Her Manner"
• Chapter 8 "Lovely Tender Exotics"
• Chapter 9 A Question of Blood
• Chapter 10 "A World We Have Lost"
• Abbreviations
• Select Bibliography
• References
• Index

ISBN: 0-8061-1847-4