Beginning in 1825, the Rocky Mountain Fur Company began a new way of acquiring furs which was based on:
a. white agents traveling the mountains in the winter season and buying furs from the Indians
b. Indians trapping furs and selling them in the port cities of Oregon in July
c. French and Spanish traders living among the Indians, buying furs, and reselling those to the fur company
d. "mountain men" and their families living and trapping in the wilds, and selling furs at a July rendezvous
D
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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