Cuthbert Grant, Pemmican, and Seven Oaks

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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!

Pemmican, packed and ready

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At Cuthbert Grant's post there was no paper money. Value was counted in beaver pelts.

First Nations and Métis traders expected a fair deal. Balance every trade!

Beaver pelts

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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!

Value was counted in pelts