4 of  4 A Timeline of Dogrib Involvement in the Fur Trade   Year Event Up to 1775 Trends 1766 A few "Dog Ribb Indians" visit Churchill (Hudson's Bay Company 1765-1766) The Chipewyan serve as middlemen between the Dogrib and the Hudson's Bay Co. 1771 Samuel Hearne of the Hudson's Bay Co. meets a few Dogribs between Point Lake and Mackay Lake 1786 Fur traders and the Dogrib make contact on Great Slave Lake 1770 to 1790 Cree from the south show aggression towards the Dogrib 1789 Alexander Mackenzie meets a few Dogribs near Great Bear River 1796 Old Fort Providence is established 1785 to 1825 Prolonged period of hostilities between the Dogrib and the Yellowknives 1799- 1804 The North West Company establishes trading posts near sites of future Forts Simpson, Norman, and Franklin 1821 The Hudson's Bay Co. merges with the North West Co. 1823 Dogribs battle and defeat a group of Yellowknife; Old Fort Providence is abandoned 1829 The Dogrib Chief Edzo and the Yellowknife Chief Akaitcho make peace between their people 1825 to 1880 Dogrib trade focuses on dry meat rather than furs 1852 Old Fort Rae is established by the Hudson's Bay Co. 1859 The "Mal du Fort Rae" appears, the first severe epidemic is recorded by Father Émile Petitot 1890s The "Free Traders" arrive at Fort Resolution 1890s The Dogrib do very well trading musk-ox robes 1893 The trading firm of Hislop & Nagle build a new post at Rae Point on Marian Lake. Early 1900s The Hudson's Bay Co.'s monopoly comes to an end at Fort Rae and other northern Forts. Fur trapping becomes more important to the Dogrib economy. 1900 Treaty Number 8 is signed at Fort Resolution. A Dogrib named Drygeese represents those Dogrib living between Trout Rock and Gros Cap 1906 The Hudson's Bay Co. and missionaries follow the "free trader" firm of Hislop and Nagle to the new site of Fort Rae. 1913 Death of Bear Lake Chief 1900 to 1950 The Dogrib and other First Nations enjoy a period of generally high fur prices 1914 Bear Lake Chief's band stops trading at Fort Rae, and instead affiliate themselves with Forts Norman and Franklin 1921 Treaty Number 11 is signed by the Dogrib Chief Monphwi, bringing the remaining Dogrib bands under the treaty umbrella 1924 The Royal Canadian Mounted Police establish a post at Fort Rae 1928- 1929 Influenza epidemics hit the Dogrib; the village at Gros Cap is wiped out and abandoned by survivors Source: June Helm, "Dogrib," Handbook of North American Indians. Washington: Smithsonian, 1981. Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada