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& tinselry?" compared to the substantials [[strikethrough]] in [[/strikethrough]] the articles which Sampson sold. [[insertion]] A sample is here: [[/insertion]] A pair of [[insertion]] excellent [[/insertion]]Deer-Skin Boots, [[strikethrough]] made [[/strikethrough]] ^[[insertion]] worth $5 [[/insertion]] made as only Esquimaux can make them. [[strikethrough]] were [[/strikethrough]] was sold [[insertion]] by Honest "Sampson" [[/insertion]] to a keen young man [[insertion]] [of our crew [[/insertion]] who has his eye-teeth & all his other teeth well (?) cut, for 1/2 plug of tobacco [[strikethrough]] the whole [[/strikethrough]] costing at Home [[strikethrough]] on the [[/strikethrough]] 5 cts per 'plug' at retail. His other really valuable articles of [[trafic?]] were sold at equally good (?) bargain to the Yankees! But desperately bad to the poor Esquimaux are these one sided trades!
On Sampson signifying to Smith that he had nothing to trade; Smith continued to press the matter: if he had not [[underlined]] something [[/underlined]]? At length it occured to "Sampson" that he had money with which he could purchase out-right some tobacco! So he asked Smith if he had any to sell: Smith replies 'Yes' & continued 'How much?' Sampson drew [[strikethrough]] out [[/strikethrough]]forth what Gen. Jackson thought would
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[[insertion]] ruin [[/insertion]] any people or nation [[insertion]] dealing largely in it [[/insertion]] a Bank Bill & said: 'How much you sell [[insertion]] for [[/insertion]] this? Smith took the Bill with the avidity of a dry man - a man dying for water. He showed it to the man [[insertion]] who is always [[/insertion]] over-running with jokes & 'sharp-saws' - the man who keeps all in good humor by his broad hints & direct-cuts - the man who was equally in strai [[insertion]] gh [[/insertion]] ts with friend Smith for some water - Sterry - for that is his name [[underlined]] & ever will be [[/underlined]] genial Sterry - glistened all over [[strikethrough]] over [[/strikethrough]]with tears of delight. He thought: now was the time to quench that thirst which ever burns till fire-water he drank freely.
"Sex Skillings" in the Bill read to his eyes 'Six Shillings', New England or Yankee currency, which really amounts to 100 cents, or one big silver dollar in fact. How many plugs for this said Sterry talking in Esquimaux, for Sterry acted the interpreter. [[strikethrough]] Four [[/strikethrough]] 'Four' answered Sampson in his own native tongue. As said before Sterry [[strikethrough]] was [[/strikethrough]] is well skilled in the "West Land"
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