The Native Indians And The Cultural Encounters With The Europeans

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Bailey mentions that, "It had been suggested that Siouans, the Iroquoians and Algonquians were among the first to enter America."1 Before the Europeans arrived, there were many native tribes that were already settled. By the time Europeans arrived in North America, they found natives occupying large amounts of land.2 The Indians helped start the history of New France.
Since the natives arrived early in North America, their population started to increase quite rapidly. With the combination of migration as well as the birth rate, the Indians inflated their population to a large size. "In 1663, there were only still 3000 Europeans living in New France, no more people than constituted a small Iroquoian tribe."3 The Indians were in the majority before 1663.
Surrounding the area of New France there were two main native groups who spoke different languages. These groups were the Algonquian and the Iroquoian.

The Algonquians were primarily involved in trading and fishing. These people ...

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Europeans, the Indians were faced with many instances that were devastating and other cases which helped them profit. Trade in New France was so prominent that France decided to create a monopoly to bring the trade under control. Two provisions had to be met:

Firstly, the private fur trading company had to
promote colonization. Secondly, it had to send
Roman Catholic missionaries to Christianize the
Indians.4

On the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Tadoussac, became the chief trading centre for the Europeans. The trade route surrounding Tadoussac contained connections from Hudson Bay to New England. Some negative aspects of the fur trade were that:

The Fur Trade at first enriched ...

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