Shrewd Dealers
On March 30th, 1806, Meriwether Lewis wrote:
the 1st of these tribes about 2 miles above us call themselves Clan-nah-quah, the other about a mile above them call themselves Mult-no-mah. from these visiters we purchased a sturgeon and some wappetoe and pashequa, for which we gave some small fishinghooks. These like the natives below are great higglers in dealing. (Lewis, from Moulton V.7, 32)
Related pages:
Tomahawk Dispute | Helpful Hands | Shrewd Dealers | Problems with the Enesher and Skillutes
Invaluable Horses | An Uninvited Guest | Honesty Between Indians
Canceling Trade | Broken Contracts | Trouble with the Wah-clel-lars
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