Note: The fur tradeTrade is when we buy, sell, or just exchange goods (things, foods, etc.) or services (helping... was very important in New France. Indigenous hunters trapped beaver and sold its fur to the Europeans in exchange for products. Here is a list of prices from that time:
Excerpt: Example of a price list (1665)
| 1 white Normandy blanket | 6 beavers |
| 1 gun | 6 beavers |
| 1 barrel of corn | 6 beavers |
| 1 ratine blanket1 | 4 beavers |
| 1 Iroquois-style blanket | 3 beavers |
| 1 large capot2 | 3 beavers |
| 1 medium capot | 2 beavers |
| 1 small capot | 1 beaver |
1 Fabric
2 A capot is a coat or cape that usually has a hood.
AuthorAuthor - A person who writes something Auteur - Une personne qui écrit quelque chose: Nos Racines, #7, Montréal, Éditions T.L.M., 1979, p. 135.
