Trapping Helps National Wildlife Refuges

In 1703 you didn't sell a beaver pelt - you traded one. In fact, the beaver pelt was the "dollar" of the day.

This is what your choices were for one beaver pelt: Or if you wanted to trade a beaver skin for other pelts, here were your choices for one beaver pelt:

1 broad/2 yards of broad fine cotton

6 knives

5 pecks of Indian corn

6 combs

2 pints of gun powder

1 shirt

1 pint of shot
2 small axes
10 pounds of pork
2 small hoes

1 otter

8 mink

1 bear

4 marten

5 pounds of feather

4 raccoons

2 woodchucks

2 foxes

4 large seal skins

1/2 moose hide

In 1703 you didn't sell a beaver pelt - you traded one. In fact, the beaver pelt was the "dollar" of the day.
This is what your choices were for one beaver pelt:	Or if you wanted to trade a beaver skin for other pelts, here were your choices for one beaver pelt:
1 broad/2 yards of broad fine cotton 6 knives 5 pecks of Indian corn 6 combs 2 pints of gun powder 1 shirt 1 pint of shot 2 small axes 10 pounds of pork 2 small hoes	1 otter 8 mink 1 bear 4 marten 5 pounds of feather 4 raccoons 2 woodchucks 2 foxes 4 large seal skins 1/2 moose hide