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  1. 1
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    27357
    Year:
    1915
    ... price of fur has been very low this season - muskrats about 10 cents each, and to show what a drug in the market furs are, one reliable Indian informed me 
  2. 2
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    28984
    Year:
    1919
    ... Prices of farm produce on the whole have been exceedingly favourable, and with the single exception of a drop in the price of beans, which affected the 
  3. 3
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    22138
    Year:
    1910
    ... price has risen until now the price paid is about $4.50 each skin, and even at that price an Indian is very fortunate who comes home with $200 for his 
  4. 4
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    22139
    Year:
    1910
    ... price for each fish caught and delivered at the cannery, while the women are employed inside the cannery, cleaning the fish and putting them into the tins 
  5. 5
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    27420
    Year:
    1915
    ... price of the reserves on Howe Sound, which were surrendered and sold to the Pacific Great Eastern Development Company. As the Squamish Indians living on 
  6. 6
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    27998
    Year:
    1916
    ... price varies often. Also the Indians use the skin to make moccasins. Buildings. - Many of these Indians occupy houses that are fairly comfortable and fairly 
  7. 7
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    27993
    Year:
    1916
    ... price varies often. Also the Indians use the skin to make moccasins. Buildings. - Many of these Indians occupy houses that are fairly comfortable and fairly 
  8. 8
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    28079
    Year:
    1916
    ... prices fell below their expectation, and some disappointment was felt in consequence; but the better yield per acre compensated in a measure for the lower price 
  9. 9
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    22141
    Year:
    1910
    ... price for their catch of furs. Temperance and Morality. - Their morality is good, and there is not much drinking going on. Buildings. - There has been no 
  10. 10
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    22142
    Year:
    1910
    ... price for their furs. Morality. - The morality of these Indians is not very good, especially in regard to temperance. There was one serious case of crime 
  11. 11
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    23743
    Year:
    1912
    ... price, brought results of farming operations to about the same as the previous year. There was, however, a fairly good crop of hay, which with the straw 
  12. 12
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    22875
    Year:
    1911
    ... price. Samuel Marsden, chief of Lake St. Martin band, sold over $1000 worth, and several other Indians did as well. On February 10, while visiting Fairford 
  13. 13
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    28084
    Year:
    1916
    ... prices were extremely low. Large and beautiful crops of tomatoes were also grown, but the price was small and large quantities were fed to stock. I have 
  14. 14
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    28017
    Year:
    1916
    ... Prices of fur this year have been better than last, and that has helped them ... price for fish this year was just about the same as last, and from reports I 
  15. 15
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    22905
    Year:
    1911
    ... price, was not caught in any great numbers. On the whole, while none of the Indians in any way suffered, they were not as well off as in 1909. The advance 
  16. 16
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    26731
    Year:
    1914
    ... price of that commodity dropped lower than I ever saw it in the valley; but roots maintained a fair price. The returns for cattle were something wonderful 
  17. 17
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    27371
    Year:
    1915
    ... price was nearly double, the net results were about the same as in the previous year. Last year the falling off in the yield was entirely due to 
  18. 18
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    23892
    Year:
    1912
    ... price of $75.00 per head, which is a splendid price for cattle that have grazed out all their lives. A number of the Indians keep their cattle around them 
  19. 19
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    22874
    Year:
    1911
    ... price for the furs they did obtain. All the fishing done is for their own use, and confined to one or two reserves near Clearwater lake. All the Indians of 
  20. 20
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    22889
    Year:
    1911
    ... price in recent years has been so high, they get quicker and better returns by selling it than feeding to stock, and so the cattle industry does not 
  21. 21
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    28706
    Year:
    1918
    ... price paid for all kinds of fish, and the great scarcity of unskilled labour. Never in the history of the Pacific coast have such high prices been paid for 
  22. 22
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    25740
    Year:
    1913
    ... price obtained. Strawberries, raspberries and other small fruits are sent in buckets provided by the canneries, and these secured good prices. In addition 
  23. 23
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    25610
    Year:
    1913
    ... prices that have prevailed for a year or more past and the prospect for their ... price could have been realized by feeding them for the spring market. The 
  24. 24
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    27417
    Year:
    1915
    ... prices from 6 to 11 cents per pound, but already the shipment of grain from ... price of fur. During construction, the agent obtained employment for many of 
  25. 25
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    25561
    Year:
    1913
    ... price of fur has been high and the catch during the past year has been good ... prices were high. There are several traders resident near the reserve who buy 
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