Note 234 — WISCONSIN TRADE IN 1820.[221]
Reading edition
Minn. Hist. Colls. II., 46, gives the following table for 1836:
St. Louis Prices. Minn. Price. Nett Gain.
Three pt. blanket = $3 25 60 rat skins at 20 cents = $12 00 $8 75
1-1/2 yds. Stroud = 2 37 60 rat skins at 20 cents = 12 00 9 63
1 N.W. gun = 6 50 100 rat skins at 20 cents = 20 00 13 50
1 lb. lead = 06 2 rat skins at 20 cents = 40 34
1 lb. powder = 28 10 rat skins at 20 cents = 2 00 1 72
1 tin kettle = 2 50 60 rat skins at 20 cents = 12 00 9 50
1 knife = 20 4 rat skins at 20 cents = 80 60
1 lb. tobacco = 12 8 rat skins at 20 cents = 1 60 1 38
1 looking glass = 04 4 rat skins at 20 cents = 80 76
1-1/2 yd. scarlet cloth = 3 00 60 rat skins at 20 cents = 12 00 9 00
See also the table of prices in Senate Docs., No. 90, 22d Cong., 1st Sess.; II., 42 et seq.