peltry

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Hendry's canoes were literally loaded with peltry when he drew in at the Pas.

From The "Adventurers of England" on Hudson Bay A Chronicle of the Fur Trade in the North (Volume 18 of the Chronicles of Canada) by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)

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)

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

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

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)