peltry
Example Sentences
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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 Spanish refused to allow the Americans to navigate the Mississippi, Virginia money entirely lost its credit, hard money was scarce, and peltry was difficult for the military commissaries to obtain.
From The Settlement of Illinois, 1778-1830 by Boggess, Arthur Clinton
The clerk for issuing a writ shall receive three livers in peltry, and all other fees as heretofore.
From The Settlement of Illinois, 1778-1830 by Boggess, Arthur Clinton
They are very numerous at this time but have made bad hunts; we have got a share of their peltry, as much as all the others put together, and hope soon to collect some more.
From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by Raymond, W. O. (William Odber)
Brashears had departed for New Orleans without settling the account for the peltry which Todd had committed to the joint care of Montgomery and Winston.
From The Settlement of Illinois, 1778-1830 by Boggess, Arthur Clinton
