What made the Dutch and English East India companies so profitable? a. they partnered with indigenous populations
b. they had fair labor practices
c. they established trade monopolies
d. they sold products Europeans wanted

The native americans, spanish, french and americans all name places in our state. the word “arkansas” came from the quapaw indians, by way of early french explorers. at the time of the early french exploration, a tribe of indians, the quapaws, lived west of the mississippi and north of the arkansas river.