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The Seven Years’ War (1756–1763) affected much of the colonized world and was waged for control over trade. Great Britain’s main antagonist in the Americas was France, and matters were complicated by alliances between the empires and the native peoples, primarily the Iroquois and Algonquin confederations. However, not all relations between the British and the natives were war-related. George Cartwright, an explorer, trader and army officer, visited Labrador and made friends with the Inuit there. And in 1773, he brought over a small group of Inuit people to England to meet the king and the Royal Society. Unfortunately, all but one woman named Caubvick succumbed to smallpox while abroad. Caubvick then returned to Labrador alone.