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English

What have you brought?
A small pack of beaver.
What will you want?
Blankets.
I have none but small for your children.

What is your trader's name at the Red Lake?

The Good Heart.
Has he many goods there?
Five large canoes full.
Have you any bears' grease?
One box only.
I will trade with you for it;
Very well, friend.
How many beaver skins did you give for that blanket?

Eleven.
I want to buy such;
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You will get such at the English trader's.
How many beaver skins will you take for this?
Twenty:
Take them, friend.
Will you trade for those otter skins?
No, not now; I must pay my credit to the Good Heart.

What did you take from him?
Some small things.
Fetch me some water.
Make haste.
Do you hear me?