Personal Adornment

Regardless of cleanliness, appearances were important to both Indian men and women, and even to some mountain men. As a result, items for personal adornment were usually included with the supplies packed to the mountains for rendezvous. Beads were an important item in any traders inventory of goods. Not only were they highly profitable, but were highly desired by the Indians who used them to decorate nearly everything. Click here to learn more about glass trade beads.

No.	Unit	Item	Cost
100	pounds	White Pound (Pony) Beads	35¢/pound
25	pounds	Blue Pound Beads	35¢/pound
25	pounds	Black Pound Beads	30¢/pound
15	pounds	Assorted Colors Pound Beads	30¢/pound
11 1/2	pounds	Carnelian Fine Beads	$1.00/pound
100	dozen	Snake Beads	20¢/dozen?
190	dozen	Assorted Colors Cut Beads	25¢/dozen?
10	bunches	Mock Garnet Beads	60¢/bunch
2.5	pounds	Seed Beads	25¢/pound
72	pounds	Vermillion	$1.08/pound
		Verdigras
28	pounds	Cochineal
1	dozen	Red Cock Feathers	$2.50/dozen?
50	papers	Hawk Bells	38¢/pack?
12	packs	Polished Horse Bells	75¢/pack
5	pieces	Riband #4	60¢/pieces?
4	pieces	Riband #3	38¢/pieces?
4	gross	Brass Finger Rings	4¢/dozen
1	gross	Fancy Rings	11¢/dozen
4	papers	Gilt Necklaces	$1.50/paper
10	pairs	Wrist Bands 1st Size
10	pairs	Wrist Bands 2nd Size
10	pairs	Wrist Bands 3rd Size
2	dozen	Large Buckles
5 1/2	dozen	Small Buckles

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