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Grant's post on the Qu'Appelle River was a provisioning post: its job was to feed the canoe brigades.
A crew of 6 paddlers ate about 9 pounds of pemmican a day. Plan the food and the trades.
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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!