Goods sent up the River Kentucy (for the Cherokees) - 1750
From the "Suffering Traders" lists of the Ohio Company. These goods were
being sent to the Cherokees from Philadelphia.
"Goods sent up the River Kentucky [in 1753] ...under care
of David Hendricks to trade with the Cherokees, who was hunting
there, which came from Carolina, he was surprised by a Party of
Chipawas...and French-men who took him and five more of our People
Prisoners, only one and an Indian who was in Company making their
Escape."
42 Robed Strouds @ 30/ £63.0,0
12 Plain Strouds @ 20/12.0.0
22 Calimancoe Bed Gowns @ 13/ 12.4.0
40 Plain Shirts @ 10/ 20.0.0
24 Ruffled Shirts @ 25/ 30.0.0
2 Ps. of Calimancoe @ 70/ 7.0.0
2 Ps. of Handkerchiefs @ 60/ 6.0.0
12 Vermillion @ 18/ 10.16.0
30 Made Coats @ 20/ 30.0.0
15,000 Wampum @ 60p 45.0.0
15 Dozen Knives @ 12/ 9.0.0
14 Dozen Silver Broches @ 12/ 8.8.0
12 Silver Arm Bands @ 20/ 12.0.0
12 Womens Silver Hair Plates @ 20/ 12.0.0
1 Riding Saddle 3.0.0
2 Pack Saddles 2.0.0
Transporting these Goods from Phila. on
Horseback to the River Kentucky where they were taken, about 600
miles and paying the Servants Wages
84.10.0
£367. 0.0
Excerpted from:
Belue, Ted Franklin. The Hunters of Kentucky: A Narrative
History of America's First Far West, 1750-1792. Mechanicsburg,
PA: Stackpole Books, 2003. pp.265
also available in:
Ohio Company (1747-1779), and Kenneth P. Bailey. The Ohio
Company Papers, 1753-1817, Being Primarily Papers of the "Suffering
Traders" of Pennsylvania. 1947. (version of this list available
in O'Neil, James F. Their Bearing Is Noble and Proud: A
Collection of Trade Lists and Narratives Regarding the Appearance of
Native Americans from 1740-1815. Volume II. Dayton, OH: J.T.G.S.
Pub, 2002.) |
