Indians and Fur Traders Meeting

Indians and Fur Traders Meeting

Fur Trade
Fur Traders
Indians
Europeans
Art
Watercolour painting
British Columbia
19th century

This is a watercolour painting of Indians and Fur Traders meeting, by Peter Grant in the early nineteenth century. It is clearly visible that this meeting is somewhere with flowing water access in British Columbia as the landscape is in the forefront and in the background, the European traders are pushing their canoe to land and they are outnumbered by the Indians. This source is useful to analyse the life of the Indians, more specifically women’s roles as they are somewhat distanced from the meeting. Furthermore, the painting is useful in analysing the relationship between Indians and European traders at a time where nineteenth century British Columbia was thriving due to the fur trade.

Peter Grant

BC Archives

http://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/indians-and-fur-traders-meeting

19th century - specifics unknown

Tejal Mistry

BC Archives

N/A

Visual - Watercolour painting

19th century British Columbia