since the british now controlled new france it seemed that hudson bay company had a monopoly (no compeition) in the canadas fur trade
-however, some british merchants joined with canadien voyageurs and to compete against the hudson bay company
-European trader + first nation women -> metis children . -knew customs +language of their people (translator) -knew how to live and travel on the land
first nations made buffalo jump off cliffs or enclosed them on land used spears and arrows
metis hunters rode on horses and fired their riffeles at the buffalo
women made pemmican (meat,fat,berries) out of the buffalo meat - it was used in the trade
