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wampum [wom-pum] Noun (formerly) money used by Native Americans of N America, made of shells strung or woven together [Native American wampompeag]
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The Indians had a sort of money, called wampum, which was made of clam-shells; and this strange sort of specie was likewise taken in payment of debts by the English settlers. He also bore a knife in a girdle of wampum, like that which confined the scanty garments of the Indian, but no tomahawk. The men, especially, who in savage life carry a passion for personal decoration further than the females, did not think their gala equipments complete unless they had a jewel of hiaqua, or wampum, dangling at the nose. |
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