These fur trappers used Siberian Native and Alaska Native people, particularly Aleuts from the Aleutian Islands and Koniag natives from Kodiak, to hunt for sea otters and other marine mammal species for trade with China via Russia's then-exclusive inland port of trade at Kiakhta.
Estes cazadores de peles utilizaban indíxenas de Siberia e de Alasca, en particular aleutas das illas Aleutianas e nativos koniag da illa Kodiak, para cazar lontras de mar e outras especies de mamíferos mariños, para comerciar con China a través de Rusia, vía o daquela exclusivo porto comercial de Kiakhta.