originally ance -- french post on the wabash, you can find several groups, kickapoo, you are going toind miami. as we move toward the center -- and these are fairly well-established towns. these are 5000, 6000 people. these are not scattered indian villages. they are united by the trade. you are going to find shawnee. you are going to find delaware. mohawk whong to find have come down from iroquois land. you are going to find seneca people. even people from virginia who have moved into the ohio river valley. host: did europeans marion to the indian tribes? professor sleeper-smith: yes. they had no understanding of indian languages. and initially, when an act of cultural mediators during the 17th century -- and by the 18th, much of that becomes intermarriage, so you find frenchman intermarrying into indian communities. they are not really removing those women from the indian communities. trade based on kinship alliances. so, trade is not something we think of in 20th century terms. it is embedded in villages. it is embedded in networks. there, women become a very crucial component. .he

so, for instance -- originally a french post on the wabash, you can find several groups, kickapoo, youre going to find miami. as we move toward the center -- and these are fairly well-established towns. these are 5,000, 6,000 people. these are not scattered indian villages. they are united by the trade. you are going to find shawnee. you are going to find delaware. they have moved from pennsylvania into the ohio river valley. you are going to find mohawk who have come down from iroquois land. you are going to find seneca people. host: did the european men marry into any of these indian tribes? professor sleeper-smith: yes. for most of the fur trade, it would be very difficult for them to trade. they had no understanding of indian languages. and initially women act as cultural mediators during the 17th century. by the 18th century, much of that becomes intermarriage. so you find frenchmen intermarrying into indian communities. they are not really removing those women from the indian communities. it would be useless. indians trade based on kinship alliances. so, trade is not something we

so, for instance -- originally a french post on the wabash, you can find several roups, kickapoo, youre going to find miami. as we move toward the center -- and these are fairly well-established towns. these are 5,000, 6,000 people. these are not scattered indian villages. they are united by the trade. you are going to find shawnee. you are going to find delaware. they have moved from pennsylvania into the ohio river valley. you are going to find mohawk who have come down from iroquois land. you are going to find seneca eople. you're going to find even people from virginia who have moved into the ohio river valley. host: did the european men marry into any of these indian tribes? professor sleeper-smith: yes. for most of the fur trade, it would be very difficult for them to trade. they had no understanding of indian languages. and initially women act as cultural mediators during the 17th century. by the 18th century, much of that becomes intermarriage. so you find frenchmen intermarrying into indian communities. they are not really removing those women from the indian communities. it

at the french post on the wabash, you can find kickapoo indians and many other tribes such as miami.u move towards the center one of the major towns and these are fairly well-established towns. to 6000 people. these are not scattered indian villages. they are united by the trade. you can find shawnee and delaware that have moved from pennsylvania into the ohio river valley. mohawkgoing to find who've come down from your quite land. even people from virginia who moved into their ohio river valley. for many or most of the for traders, it would be very difficult for frenchman to trade. they had no understanding of the indian languages. women act as cultural mediators in the 17th century. by the 18th century, much of that becomes intermarriage. so you find frenchman intermarrying with indian tribes. they are not removing the women from the indian communities. indians trade taste on kinship alliances. so trade is not something that we think of in the 20th century term. in villages and embedded in networks. women become a very crucial component of that. they not only act in the trade and t

investment going on and becomes more intensified more aggressive if you will his head into the weekend kickapoo. >>reporter: again the marine layer stars to spill back and again, but with the fall of the the cool air will be the most apparent to the to: on along the peninsula fighting a lot of clouds. >>robin winston: you consider it is nice and light in class on a major trouble spots even when they get into downtown the 280 extension and the central freeway looking pretty good for now at 10-92-problems heading west this morning those of the last to leave hey would handle the to the peninsula is a nice connection and highway 280 champion also drive times: the pretty well. >>james: and saw the new details of a large about someone taking shots at cars along a busy street in south san jose. >>rob fladaboe: while driving here long blossom hill road and south san jose and one driver was grazed by a bullet while another was injured by shrapnel appliance the shootings occurred will blossom hill road intersection of poughkeepsie monterey and cultural when shooting in the may 2nd in june and the most re