The French had barely started to establish Mobile in 1702 when the first trade exchange took place.  The Santa Maria de Galve Governor, Martinez, made an urgent request for food supplies because their supply ships from the homeland were late and they were running out.  D'Iberville responded quickly with a delivery of flour and corn.1  Although the French had better communication with their homeland and more regular shipments of supplies, by 1702 they found themselves in a similar situation and had to request emergency supplies from Pensacola.2  Governor Martinez responded gladly with flour, meat, and corn.3  These types of food exchanges continued through to 1704 when the trade boundary expanded and French craftsmen were hired out to Spanish Pensacola after a horrendous fire in the compound. 4  At This point the trade went on as a mutual exchange economy where either goods or monies were exchanged.  


 

1 Ibid, 3.
2 Leonard. Colonial Pensacola, 152-199.
3 Johnson. Santa Maria de Galve, 3-4.
4 Ibid, 138-140.