Good Trade

When Lewis and Clark set out on their journey west, they took with them gifts for the native peoples they would meet on their way to the Pacific Ocean.

Among these were American flags:

 Peace medals:

Indian artist Paha Ska, of Keystone, S.D., an Elder of the Oglala Sioux tribe from the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, holds an authentic Presidental Peace & Friendship Medalion from President Thomas Jefferson, Monday, Dec. 17, 2001, during a visit at St. Mary School in Elyria, Ohio, that was given to Indian leaders by the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1803. Paha Ska, who is about 80 years old, talked about and answered questions about Native Indians. (Photo/Paul M. Walsh)

And brass pots.

littlereview.blogspot.com

Other trinkets they brought with them to trade included:

• 12 dozen pocket mirrors
• 4600 sewing needles
• 144 small sewing scissors
• 10 pounds of sewing thread
• Silk ribbons
• Ivory Combs
• Handkerchiefs
• Yards of bright colored cloth
• Handkerchiefs
• 130 rolls of tabacco
• Tomahawks 
• 288 knives
• 8 brass kettles
• Vermillion face paint
• 20 pounds of assorted beads (mostly blue)
• 288 brass thimbles
• Armbands
• Ear trinkets

What would you take with you to trade?