Trade was very significant throughout the Indian villages before the Europeans arrived because it was not only about trading goods.
             "Fundamental to the social and economic patterns of virtually all North American communities were exchanges that linked them directly or indirectly with other communities (45)."
             There would be exchanges across the lines of the communities of having different marriage partners, labor, different resources, techniques, ideas, technology and religious practices. Usually trades from longer distances accounted in widespread alliances and networks that were political, economic, and religious. Trades conserved social and political relationships amongst tribes. When the Europeans arrived, trading was not a way to bring communities together. It was more about material goods such as furs, glass beads, mirrors, copper kettles and other goods. At first, the Europeans did not have a choice but had to accept the way the Indians did trading, they did not share beliefs that the Indians believed. This made the relationships between the Indians and the Europeans stronger; it gave more power to the Europeans, which was bad for the Indians. The reason it was bad is because the Indians became so close with the Europeans that they the Europeans now set up communities amongst the Indians, which resulted in disease that killed many Indians. This also brought conflict between Indian tribes, rather than before in which they looked to join each other. "For the remainder of the century, the Five Nations fought wars against the French and its Indian allies to gain access to better pelts and goods (54)."
             The treatments of the Indians throughout the Spanish borderlands, English colonies and French Canada differed. The Indians in the Spanish borderlands were treated very harshly, killed, and forced to change their religions.
             "Turning captured Indians captives into slaves; captors typically so...