As we all know the beaver pelt was the measure of currency during the fur trade. So many "made" beaver pelts would get you a trade item.
From the Northwest company...Equivalent of one made beaver pelt in trade was:
2 small beaver skins would equal 1 Made Beaver.
1 Made Beaver would be equivalent to 1 or 2 lynx pelts, 1 to 7 martens, or 9 to 14 muskrats
8 rabbits = 1 beaver pelt
Consider that today a beaver pelt is worth 10 to 40 dollars. Here are the values of many of the NWC trade goods in Made Beaver:
1MB = 3/4 pounds of coloured beads
1MB = 1 1/2 pounds of gun-powder
1MB = 1 brass kettle
1MB = 2 pounds of sugar
1MB = 1 gallon of brandy
1MB = 2 yards of flannel
1MB = 12 dozen buttons
1MB = 1 pair of breeches
1MB = 1 pair of shoes
1MB = 20 flints
1MB = 8 knives
1MB = 2 pair looking glasses
1MB = 2 hatchets
1MB = 20 fish hooks
1MB = 1 blanket
4 MB = 1 pistol
1MB = 2 shirts
11 MB = 1 musket rifle.
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This country was started by voyagers whose young lives were swept away by the currents of the rivers for ten cents a day... just for the vanity of the European's beaver hats. ~ Red Bullets
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It is when you walk alone in nature that you discover your strengths and weaknesses. ~ Red Bullets
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