The FUR TRADE era

Edward Rose, also known by the names: Five Scalps, Nez Coupe and “Cut Nose,” was the son of a white trader father and a Cherokee and African American mother.  As a youth, Rose lived with the Crow people in what is now southern Montana and northern Wyoming.  He quickly acquired their customs as well as their language.  Rose resumed residency among the Crows and became a famous war chief.  The Crows named him “Nez Coupe,” meaning “Cut Nose,” because his nose was scarred.  Rose was sometimes called “Five Scalps” because he killed five Blackfoot single-handedly in battle. 

JUAN RODRIGUEZ

 


JEAN BAPTISTE POINT DU SABLE 

Classroom & Outdoors Presentation

This is a popular living history program to help celebrate the Fall & Spring Season, while learning about an important era in American Colonial History. Above, it is used to celebrate Thanksgiving outdoors at a school and nature center.

As an outdoor experience, when a water body is available, the program offers the audience an exciting boat ride with our heritage fur traders and or our living history Tipi Museum ( with over a dozen artifacts). 

On occasion, the program also offers a wildlife education and close encounter-(check for availability).

Each presentation offers a living history character, exhibit of artifacts, and a powerpoint.

All safety equipment provided for the boat ride.

LIST OF CRAFTS AVAILABLE AS AN OPTION FOR EACH REENACTMENT
Crafts exhibit offers demos and hands-on activities

• Shipwright, Caulker
• Wax Candle Making
• Net Making
• Gunsmithing- lead ball manufacturing
• Butter Churn
• Apple Press
• Cannoneer
• Block Printing
• Colonial Games