Scottish Indian trade
Transatlantic deerskin trade between Scots and Native Americans / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The trans-Atlantic trade in deerskins was a significant commercial activity in Colonial America[clarification needed] that was greatly influenced, and at least partially dominated, by Scottish traders and their firms. This trade, primarily in deerskins but also in beaver and other animal pelts, was carried on with Native American tribes and is usually referred to as the Indian Trade. The Indian trade was conducted largely to fill the high European and later colonial demand for deerskins and other animal pelts trapped by Indians in return for European trade goods. These pelts were shipped to Europe and used in the leather-making industry. The trade had been developing since the seventeenth century and Scottish traders played an important part in its advance[when?].
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