Northwest Company Presentation

On Wednesday my dad came into the school and did a presentation for our social studies class. he talked about things like how you would pay for a 4-foot gun and how to get “money” but you see the thing is there was no money you would have to pay with beaver pelts. How you buy a gun was a lot different than buying other things like clothes. First you would turn the gun up and then from the bottom of the stock to the beginning of the barrel how many beavers you would stack on top of each other that would be how much the gun would cost. He also brought in a beaver and a seal skin. Personally I didn’t think a seal had fur but I guess they do. At the very end he gave everyone North West Company hats and aboriginal books about lifestyle and a lot of other things. Thanks so much Dad for coming!       By Braden