In 1821 the Santa Fe trade may be said…
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Auguste P. Choteauperson
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Julius de Munperson
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Captain Glennperson
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Mr. Bicknellperson
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Stephen Cooperperson
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traffic of just
100 per cent over the preceding year.
In 1821 the Santa Fe trade may be said
to have become a business propositon. Captain
Glenn, Mr. Bicknell and Stephen Cooper were
the pioneers of that commercial enterprise, al-
though small parties of trappers and traders
had previously visited Santa Fe. In 1815 Au-
guste P. Choteau and Julius de Mun formed a
partnership and went with a large party to the
Upper Arkansas to hunt, trap and trade with
the Indians. The following year they visited
Taos and Santa Fe, and were well received by
Governor Mainez. But there was a change of
policy the following year on the part of the
Mexican government, perhaps for the reason
that the “gringos” were becoming too numerous,
monopolizing the fur trade, killing the buffa-
loes for their skins, and making merchandise
of buffalo tongues, a luxury in the states, and
even then in the frontier village of St. Louis
they commanded a dollar each.