1. Unit 3: Chapter 4 The Great Encounter
The Mountain Men
Unit 3: Chapter 4 The Great Encounter

2. Bell Activity Your words are “pelt” and “cache”
This is a no gum class. Please dispose of it properly!
Your words are “pelt” and “cache”
Find the word on your yellow study guide and complete the following information for the word.
Find the definition using a glossary.
Use your own knowledge and experience to complete the rest of the definition.
Then work on questions 13-17, 29-31
Where should your backpack be?

3. Does your work look something like this?
Word: pelt
My Understanding:
Definition:
Draw a picture of it:
Sentence:
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4. Does your work look something like this?
Word: pelt
My Understanding:
Definition: an animal skin with the fur
Draw a picture of it:
still on it
Sentence: Mountain Men trapped
animals, like beaver, for their pelts.
Synonym/ Example: skin, fur, hide
Antonym/Non-Example: meat, leather

5. Does your work look something like this?
Word: cache
My Understanding:
Definition:
Draw a picture of it:
Sentence:
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6. Does your work look something like this?
Word: cache
My Understanding:
Definition: a hiding place in the ground
Draw a picture of it:
Sentence: Mountain Men hid their
supplies in holes in the ground called
caches.
Synonym/ Example: hoard, storage
Antonym/Non-Example: exposed, not hidden

7. Today we will learn…
History Objective – We will examine the role the Mountain Men (fur trappers) played in exploring Utah & the contributions they made.
Behavior Objective – Work ethic: Stay on-task during the lesson and take good notes.
Language Objective – We will listen for important information to include in our notes.

8. Around the time when…
Dominguez and Escalante are exploring Utah, a trade is growing in popularity and profitability in the East.
Many fur trappers were exploring the interior of the North America hunting for more pelts.

10. Who were the Mountain Men?
These fur trappers come from a variety of backgrounds.
English
French
Spanish
Indian
African Americans
Etc.
As the animals they hunted became more scarce in the East, they moved west into the Rocky Mountains where they become known as Mountain Men.

11. Fur Trappers
Some trappers were traders, who bartered with the Native Americans for pelts.
Others worked for trading companies, like the Hudson Bay Company.
Still others were independent trappers, who sold their pelts at rendezvous.

12. Surviving in the Wilderness
About 3,000 men, and a few women & kids, went west to trap.
They dressed like and often lived with Native American tribes.
It was not an easy life.

13. Caches
The trappers would tend their traps in the fall, winter, and spring.
If they had too many furs, they would bury them in a cache.
Cache Valley was a popular place to deposit furs & supplies.

14. Cache
This is a reconstruction of a cache at a museum.

15. Rendezvous
During a rendezvous a trapper would sell his goods and get supplies for the coming year.
It was also a time to cut loose and have fun.
One of these rendezvous was held in Cache Valley.

17. Trapper-Indian Conflicts
Sometimes the trappers would get along well with Native tribes.
Many spent the winter with the local Indians, and even married Indian women.
However, the trappers were disturbing the Natives way of life and sometimes would attack them and take their supplies.
Historians used to say that the Mountain Men were a positive influence in the west. Now they take a more balanced approach, noting how they benefited the colonies but hurt the Indians.

18. Reading for Important Information
We are going to read about several famous mountain men who worked or traveled through Utah.
After reading about each mountaineer, discuss him with your group and decide what is the most important and memorable thing about that person.
Write that information on your study guide. (You will be quizzed on this information so take your time.)
Jedediah Smith
Peter Skene Ogden
Jim Bridger
James Beckwourth
Etienne Provost
Antoine Robidoux
Joseph R. Walker

19. Jed Smith 1) 2) 3) 4) 5)

20. Jed Smith

21. Jed Smith 1) 2) 3) 4) 5)

22. Fur Trappers in Utah
Read each of the biographies of the other trappers who lived and worked in Utah.
Discuss what you read with your table group. Pick the three most important and unique details about that trapper.
Narrow your choices down to the top two, then write your answers on your study guide for question 22.

23. Mountain Men
Peter Skene Ogden
Jim Bridger 1) 2) 3) 1) 2) 3)

24. Mountain Men
James Beckworth
Etienne Provost 1) 2) 3) 1) 2) 3)

25. Mountain Men
Antoine Robidoux
Joseph Walker 1) 2) 3) 1) 2) 3)

26. Mountain Man Review Match the explorer to the deed.
___ Fathers Dominguez and Excalante
___ Peter Skene Ogden
___ Jedediah Smith
___ William H. Ashley
___ Etienne Provost
___ Joseph R Walker
___ Antoine Robidoux
___ Jim Bridger
___ John C. Fremont
___ James Beckworth
___ John Gunnison A. B. C. D. E. F G. H. I. J. K.

27. Bell Activity Your words are “barter” and “rendezvous”
This is a no gum class. Please dispose of it properly!
Your words are “barter” and “rendezvous”
Find the word on your yellow study guide and complete the following information for the word.
Find the definition using a glossary.
Use your own knowledge and experience to complete the rest of the definition.
Where should your backpack be?

28. Does your work look something like this?
Word: barter
My Understanding:
Definition:
Draw a picture of it:
Sentence:
Synonym/ Example:
Antonym/Non-Example:

29. Does your work look something like this?
Word: barter
My Understanding:
Definition:
Draw a picture of it:
Sentence:
Synonym/ Example: trade, bargain, haggle
Antonym/Non-Example: buy or sell

30. Does your work look something like this?
Word: rendezvous
My Understanding:
Definition:
Draw a picture of it:
Sentence:
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31. Does your work look something like this?
Word: rendezvous
My Understanding:
Definition: a gathering place where
Draw a picture of it:
trappers sold furs, bought supplies, and
socialized.
Sentence: The second rendezvous held
in the Rocky Mountains took place in
Cache Valley.
Synonym/ Example: party; meeting, gathering
Antonym/Non-Example: solitary, alone; small group

32. Bell Activity
This is a no gum class. Please dispose of it properly!
Read the selection in the yellow folder titled “The Difference Between a Hired and a Free Trapper” in the yellow folder. Then answer question 20 on your study guide.
If you finish early, work on another incomplete part of your study guide.
Where should your backpack be?

33. Agenda
Finish reading and writing about the Mountain Men in Utah (76-77). Complete question 21 on your study guide.
Work with your group to read pages 74, Then answer questions and Then answer using the Fact or Opinion reading.
Finish any other incomplete sections of the questions with your notes and/or book. You will be turning in your notes today so use them before you lose them!!