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Pierre-Esprit Radisson and Médard Chouart, Sieur Des Groseilliers established trading routes that led to the creation of the Hudson's Bay Company.
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They were the first Europeans to extensively explore the forests of the North, the first to negotiate with the Cree and the first to explore the upper part of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers.
Lured by rumors of vast untouched beaver preserves, the brothers-in-law ventured into the country north of Lake Superior in 1659.
They had heard stories from the Huron, Cree, and Sioux nations of the wealth of beaver pelts between the Hudson Bay's southwestern shore and Lake Superior. The two returned to Quebec with glossy pelts that probably saved the colony's ailing economy.
However, the French governor, Marquis d'Argenson, denied them permission to explore the coveted territory, fearing that the expedition would shift the focus away from the St. Lawrence. The Marquis even went so