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and to the east the Lower Thompson controlled the situation. There- 
fore Lillooet baskets rarely found their way beyond the Shuswap and 
Chilcotin, and not many came that far. It is doubtful if any ever 
reached the Carrier and tribes beyond the Shuswap, while at Kam- 
loops, which seems to have been the farthest point for trade toward 
the southeast, they were only rarely seen. Thompson baskets, on 
the other hand, traveled there in greater numbers, but the majority 
were of Shuswap manufacture. The Thompson, besides trading 
with the Shuswap, almost entirely supplied the needs of the Nicola 
and Similkameen and probably largely those of the Okanagon, al- 
though some Wenatchi baskets traveled to them also. 
It has not been learned whether or not the Thompson products 
reached the Lake or Kutenai tribes. Evidently few went beyond the 
Okanagon to the Sanpoil or Colville. 
The following information as to prices paid by the Spences Bridge 
and Nicola people to those of Lytton and Lower Thompson about 
1850 comes from old Spences Bridge informants. 
The largest-sized burden basket was exchanged for any of the 
following: 
One secondhand buffalo-skin robe. 
One secondhand man’s buckskin shirt with fringes. 
One secondhand woman’s skin dress with fringes. 
One large dressed buckskin of the best quality. 
One medium-sized dressed buckskin and half of a doeskin. 
One and one-half fathoms of flat disk-shaped beads. 
Two and one-half fathoms of flat disk-shaped beads, alternating with large 
blue glass beads. 
Two and one-half fathoms of dentalia. 
Twelve packages of Indian hemp bark. 
Six packages of Indian hemp twine. 
Ten cakes of service berries mashed and dried. 
Ten cakes of soapberries mashed and dried. 
Ten bundles of bitterroot peeled and dried. 
One Hudson’s Bay tomahawk or ax. 
One secondhand copper kettle of medium or small size. 
One steel trap (?). 
One secondhand flintlock musket. 
These were only the principal commodities which could be traded 
for baskets. Many others were also media of exchange. 
One average-sized basket brought— 
Two good-sized woven mats of tule or rushes. These were for food, bed, or 
floor. 
Two woven bags of Indian hemp or elwagnus twine. 
One pair of secondhand long leggings with fringes. 
One good doeskin, 
