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Native Americans In The 1800s
After the sea and land explorers two other groups of people had began to move west. During the 1800’s fur traders and missionaries had started to come to the west. According to Encyclopedia.com “these people were permanent white settlers that came to live in what is now called washington”. Each group came for different reasons. The fur traders were sent by companies to obtain valuable pelts. The missionaries were sent by their churches to teach native americans christianity and spread their religion. Neither had much success in achieving their goals.
Fur traders and missionaries were successful in other ways. According to Journey Through Nebraska pg.49 “the fur traders built trading posts and forts throughout the region, and missionaries built
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