Wasn't Pocahontas' mother of the Patawomeck tribe? Nancy ------- I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days. --Daniel Boone On Feb 13, 2007, at 2:45 PM, Tom Apple wrote: > On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 13:22:13 -0500, Anne Pemberton wrote > >> The list of truck goods is very helpful. Can you suggest what the >> value of, say some hoes and some scissors and maybe some pretty >> beads would be in baskets of corn? > > Making a rough guess, I'd say probably one to two dozen. > > From Strachey, here's a description of trade between Samuel Argall > and the > Patawomeck [Potomac] tribe in 1610. Argall is getting 400 bushels > plus furs > for 40 shillings (2 pounds) worth of trade goods. Bear in mind > though, he has > to go all the way up the Potomac River to Aquia Creek to get it at > tha rate. I > would imagine the exchange rate being more favorable to the Indians > the closer > you got to Jamestown. > > "Within this river, Captain Samuell Argoll in a small river which > the Indians > call Quiho, anno 1610, trading in a bark called the Discovery for > corn with > the great king of Patawomeck, from him obtained well near 400 > bushels of wheat > [corn], peas, and beans, beside many furs for 9 lbs. of copper, 4 > bunches of > beads, 8 dozen hatchets, five dozen knives, 4 bunches of bells, one > dozen > scissors - all not much more than 40 shillings English; as also > from the > king's brother, I-Opassus, king of a place called Pastanzo, [he] > recovered an > English boy called Henry Spilman, who had lived amongest them one > whole year..." > > Regards, > > Tom A. > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the > instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html