1753-Goods sent up the River Kentucky (for the Cherokees)
From the “Suffering Traders” lists of the Ohio Company. These goods were being sent to the Cherokees from Philadelphia.
“Goods sent up the River Kentucky [in 1753] …under care of David Hendricks to trade with the Cherokees, who was hunting there, which came from Carolina, he was surprised by a Party of Chipawas…and French-men who took him and five more of our People Prisoners, only one and an Indian who was in Company making their Escape.”
42 Robed Strouds @ 30/ £63.0,0
12 Plain Strouds @ 20/12.0.0
22 Calimancoe Bed Gowns @ 13/ 12.4.0
40 Plain Shirts @ 10/ 20.0.0
24 Ruffled Shirts @ 25/ 30.0.0
2 Ps. of Calimancoe @ 70/ 7.0.0
2 Ps. of Handkerchiefs @ 60/ 6.0.0
12 Vermillion @ 18/ 10.16.0
30 Made Coats @ 20/ 30.0.0
15,000 Wampum @ 60p 45.0.0
15 Dozen Knives @ 12/ 9.0.0
14 Dozen Silver Broches @ 12/ 8.8.0
12 Silver Arm Bands @ 20/ 12.0.0
12 Womens Silver Hair Plates @ 20/ 12.0.0
1 Riding Saddle 3.0.0
2 Pack Saddles 2.0.0
Transporting these Goods from Phila. on Horseback to the River Kentucky where they were taken, about 600 miles and paying the Servants Wages: 84.10.0
Total £367. 0.0
Excerpted from:
Belue, Ted Franklin. The Hunters of Kentucky: A Narrative History of America’s First Far West, 1750-1792. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2003. pp.265
also available in:
Ohio Company (1747-1779), and Kenneth P. Bailey. The Ohio Company Papers, 1753-1817, Being Primarily Papers of the “Suffering Traders” of Pennsylvania. 1947. (version of this list available in O’Neil, James F. Their Bearing Is Noble and Proud: A Collection of Trade Lists and Narratives Regarding the Appearance of Native Americans from 1740-1815. Volume II. Dayton, OH: J.T.G.S. Pub, 2002.)