Answer: Native Americans were able to trade furs for weapons with the French
Step-by-step explanation:
Of all the European nations to have contact with Native Americans, the French were perhaps the nicest to them. Rather than conquering and subjugating or forcing them off their land, the French more or less blended with the Native Americans. They established trading systems and treated them much better than their fellow Europeans. This allowed Native Americans to trade for goods with the French they otherwise would not have been able to get.