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Many traders and trappers took Indian wives...
William Bent , Kit Carson , Edwin Deing are some who lived with their wives , in a committed relationship.
Hudson Bay Company employees were often encouraged to take a Indian wife and settle in the area as well.
Some of course were "wives of the moment" or rendezvous loves....but again...
More often than not...a trapper who stayed out in the west , often married into a tribe or other native family.
Andy
William Bent , Kit Carson , Edwin Deing are some who lived with their wives , in a committed relationship.
Hudson Bay Company employees were often encouraged to take a Indian wife and settle in the area as well.
Some of course were "wives of the moment" or rendezvous loves....but again...
More often than not...a trapper who stayed out in the west , often married into a tribe or other native family.
Andy