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Cuthbert Grant's post on the Qu'Appelle River fed the North West Company's canoe brigades.
The bags are packed. Load the canoes and keep the trades fair!
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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?