One reason Astor excelled was that he accepted the Indians as they were, not as he wanted them to be.
Astor surpassed the government factories and emerged as the leading exporter of furs in the United States. By the 1820s, his American Fur Company employed more than 750 men, not counting the Indians, and collected annual fur harvests of about $500,000, which made it one of the largest companies in America.
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