peltry

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At such times the thrifty hunter who has an eye more to profit and prime peltry than to sport, goes forth armed only with an axe.

From In New England Fields and Woods by Robinson, Rowland E. (Evans)

Joseph St. Marie, of Vincennes, sent his clerk with a load of peltry to be traded to the Indians on the banks of the Mississippi.

From The Settlement of Illinois, 1778-1830 by Boggess, Arthur Clinton

These boats would then set out on their homeward journey laden with peltry gathered from far and near.

From The Red River Colony A Chronicle of the Beginnings of Manitoba by Wood, Louis Aubrey

Their clothes consist of gaily-painted deer-hide, ornamented with beads, and the gayest calicoes, which they obtain from the Government trading posts by bartering peltry for them.

From The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier by Various

The Clerks & Sheriffs perhaps may be paid, as with us, only converting Tobacco fees into their worth in peltry.

From The Settlement of Illinois, 1778-1830 by Boggess, Arthur Clinton