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In 1812, Cuthbert Grant ran a small North West Company post on the Qu'Appelle River. He was 19.
The pemmican is packed in rawhide bags. Now help Grant get it to the canoe brigades!
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A crew leaves Grant's post with 3 bags of pemmican — about 270 pounds — and eats about 9 pounds a day.
The food left follows a pattern: F = 270 − 9d, where d is days of travel. Will it last?
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As a North West Company clerk, Grant kept accounts: pounds of pemmican, pelts traded, and money in North West livres — 12 livres made 1 pound (£) Halifax currency.
Rival posts stood close by, and traders went where the deal was best. Keep the accounts!