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XXH.— STANDARD OF VALUE. 

 One or more of the most Important skins used by the Indians were olten employed as standards of value, especially the beaver^kin and the 



Imckskin. .Shells and other articles worked into beads and nuvde into strings were also used. In some tribes eagle feathers were the standard of 

 value. 



The collector should discover, if possible, what standards of value were used, whether one or more, and give a clear account of them, at the same 

 time recording the terms used. 



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