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GRAND PORTAGE
Grand Portage: A History of The Sites, People, and Fur Trade |
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APPENDIX 2
Returns
An example of the number and kind of furs (furs, skins, robes, and by-products) gathered by two small trading posts on the lower Red River in 1800 follows. The interest in the list is not so much that it represents a typical year's collection—which varied from post to post, but that it illustrates the wide variety of products that passed through Grand Portage. The following comes from Alexander Henry, Jr.'s journal—from an entry that he made in August 1801:
| 1,475 | beaver skins, weight 1,904 lbs. |
| 177 | black bear skins |
| 43 | brown bear skins |
| 6 | grizzly bear skins |
| 204 | wolf skins |
| 184 | fox skins |
| 16 | kitt skins |
| 197 | racoon skins |
| 178 | fisher skins |
| 96 | otter skins |
| 62 | martin skins |
| 97 | mink skins |
| 5 | wolverine skins |
| 20 | loupcervier skins (lynx) |
| 21 | dressed moose & biche skins |
| 92 | shaved and parched moose & biche skins |
| 27 | muskrat skins |
| 56 | buffalo robes |
| 10 | badger skins |
| 77 | bags of pemmican, 90 lbs. each |
| 4 | kegs of grease |
| 7 | kegs of beef |
| 10 | bales of dried beef |
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