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At a Treaty of Peace concluded at Halifax On
the Twenty third of February 1760. Between His Excellency
Charles Lawrence Esq. Captain General and
Governor in Chief in and Over His Majestys Province
of Nova Scotia &c -- And Mitchell Neptune Chief
of the Tribe of the Indians of Passamaquoddy and Belloni
Glode Captain of the Tribe of Indians of Saint Johns River
within the said Province on Behalf of the said Tribes; It
was Agreed that Commerce should be carried on at a Truck-
house to be Established at Fort Frederick according to the
Overall Rates following Vizt ---
That a Pound of the best Spring Beaver be valued at Five Shillings
and that Two pounds of Spring Beaver be Esteemed equal to
Three pounds of Fall Beaver. --
That a Loutre or Otter Skin be Esteemed equal to a pound of Spring Beaver
That Three Martre, Sable or Matrin Skins be Esteemed equal to a pound
of Spring Beaver
That a Pequant or Fisher Skins be equal to a pound of Spring Beaver
That Six Toins Vizons or Minks Skins equal to a pound of Spring Beaver
That An Ours or Bearskin large and in good Season be equal to a
a pound and one half of Spring Beaver and others in proportion.
That a Renard Rouge or Red Fox Skin equal to a half a pound of
Spring Beaver
That a Renard Noir or Black Fox Skin be equal to Two pounds of
Spring Beaver
That a Renard Argente or Silver Fox Skin be equal to Two pounds
& a Half of Spring Beaver
That Ten Rats Muque or Muskrat Skins be equal to a pound of
Spring Beaver. –