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    • Part 1: First Nations of the Peace River Region
    • Part 2: The Fur Trade Era
    • Part 3: Transportation and Communication
    • Part 4: Old Timers and the Price of Land
    • Part 5: Dawson Creek: The Story of the Community
    • Part 6: Mysteries, Adventures and Indian Legends
    • Part 7: Arts, Crafts and Recreation
    • Part 8: Agriculture
    • Part 9: Church Histories
    • Part 10: Schools
    • Part 11: Health Care
    • Part 12: Industries and Enterprises
    • Part 13: Policing the Peace
    • Part 14: Pouce Coupe, Rolla, and Other South Peace Communities
    • Part 15: Chetwynd and the Fort St. John Area
    • Part 16: The Alberta Peace
    • Part 17: Natural History of the Peace River Region
    • Part 18: Interviews with Old Timers
    • Part 19: Remembering Our Veterans

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01-150: Trade Goods

By Dorthea Calverley
For his second great trip Mackenzie brought back things that experience had shown him were need to trade. For trading purposes he had acquired:

Coarse woolen blankets of various sizes

Small arms

Muskets

Ammunition

Gunpowder

*Tobacco

Cotton goods made in Manchester and brought with him across the Atlantic

Linens and coarse sheetings

*Thread

Lines

Twine

Common hardware

Cutlery and ironmongery [sic] of several descriptions

Kettles of brass and copper

Kettles of sheet-iron

Silk and cotton handkerchiefs

*Hats, shoes, and hose [stockings]

*Beads

Bread

Biscuits

Rice and molasses

 

The starred items in the list above were also brought to be given as presents; also

 

Buttons

Brass wire

Chisels

Needles

Knives

Scissors

Apples(!)

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