Talk:Deerskin trade

Total Mess
This article, while a legitimate subject, is a mess as it is now written. I'll add/correct what I can (grammar, etc) and I invite others to do so as well...Engr105th (talk) 03:55, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Mandan in Tennessee & Georgia?
- what's a picture of Mandan (upper Missouri) doing on a page about Cherokee in Tennessee & Georgia? tpk (talk) 20:59, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

Rinderpest and the Deerskin Trade
It wasn't just about fashions; in the 1700's a plague (Rinderpest) raged through the cattle population in England and parts of Europe. It was necessary to destroy all infected animals and to quarantine any suspect animals. Leather goods were used extensively in England and a serious shortage followed. England started buying skins anywhere they could get them.

A number of Scottish men were exiled from the United Kingdom after a serious war with the English. A number of the Scots exiled to the Colonies became Traders with the Indians and exported the hides to England. England in turn shipped trade goods back to the trading companies. Among the most noted of the trades were the McIntosh and McGillivary families who intermarried and married into the leading Indian families.