. A journey from Prince of Wales's Fort, in Hudson's Bay, to the northern ocean [microform] : undertaken by order of the Hudson's Bay Company for the discovery of copper mines, a north west passage, &c. in the years 1769, 1770, 1771 & 1772. Indians of North America; Natural history; Indiens; Sciences naturelles. NORTHERN OCEAN. thofe people at the advanced price of one thoufand p&r cent,; they alfo pay in proportion, for knives, and every other fmaller piece of iron-work. For a fmall brafs kettle of two pounds, or two pounds and a half weight, they pay fixty martnis, or twenty beav
. A journey from Prince of Wales's Fort, in Hudson's Bay, to the northern ocean [microform] : undertaken by order of the Hudson's Bay Company for the discovery of copper mines, a north west passage, &c. in the years 1769, 1770, 1771 & 1772. Indians of North America; Natural history; Indiens; Sciences naturelles. NORTHERN OCEAN. thofe people at the advanced price of one thoufand p&r cent,; they alfo pay in proportion, for knives, and every other fmaller piece of iron-work. For a fmall brafs kettle of two pounds, or two pounds and a half weight, they pay fixty martnis, or twenty beaver in other kinds of furrs *. If the kettles are not bruifed, or ill-ufed in any other refpeiSt, the Northern traders have the confcience at times to cxad fomething more. It is at this extravagant price that ^U' the Copper and'Dog-ribbed Indians, who tjraffic witii our yearly ^^ders^ fupply themfelves with iron* work,. &c. From thofe two tribes our Northern Indians ufed formerly to purchafe mod of the furrs they brought to the Company's Fa redtly keeping their accounts, the Hudfon's Bay Company have made a full- grown beaver-flcin the ftandard by which they rate all other furrs, according to their relpeftive values. Thus in feveral fpecies of furrs, one fkin is valued at the rate of four beaver fkins; fome at three, and others at two; whereas thofe of an inferior quality are rated at one; and thofe of dill lefs Value con- fidered fo inferior to that of a beaver, that from fix to twenty of their fkins are only valued as equal to one beaver fkin in the way of trade, and do not fetch one-fourth of the price at the London market. In diis manner die term <* Made Beaver" is to be underflood. A a fuch. 'â ' â. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hearne, Samuel, 1745-1792. London : Printed
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