many of them used their own resources like artificial gas, (menthal) or drugs like opium to gain money or new resources of their dire needs, when rubber became I need, they would go to maple orrubber trees and remove the epidermis to obtain rubber and sugar fromthese tress. this helped with their long travels and movement to other places.
not very sure if this was helpful but this is what my high school teacher told me.
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