Canada
Fort Edmonton, headquarters of the Hudsons Bay Companys Saskatchewan District, was the largest trading post west of Red River. About 150 people—men, women, and children—lived here. Many of the men were hunters, hired to kill buffalo and haul the meat back from the plains. Their wives turned the meat into pemmican, the nutrient-rich and durable mixture of dried meat, crushed berries and boiled marrow grease that was the staple food of the fur trade. The thousands of pounds of pemmican produced at.. Read more »
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