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The Snake River area provided good habitat for beaver, as well as fish and other animals. Beaver pelts were highly valued in the fur trade because the animals' soft undercoat was ideal for processing into felt for fashionable hats. The beaver population along the Snake River soon began to decline, and in 1804 Sayer's trappers brought in only one-third as many pelts as a post upriver had collected the year before.
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