How much would a Native American pay for a horse in the 1800's

Source: A Song for the Horse Nation

In the early 1800s, on Native trade routes, the going rates for horses were:

• 1 ordinary riding horse = 8 buffalo robes
• 1 fine racing horse = 10 guns
• 1 fine hunting horse = several pack animals
  • OR 1 gun and 100 loads of ammunition
  • OR 3 pounds of tobacco
  • OR 15 eagle feathers
  • OR 10 weasel skins
  • OR 5 tipi poles
  • OR 1 buffalo-hide tipi cover
  • OR 1 skin shirt and leggings, decorated with human hair and quills

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Not a bad deal for a fine hunting horse.