Sentence Examples

  • Wampum was employed most in New England, but it was common elsewhere.
  • Wampum, " white"; peag, " bead"), the shell-money of the North American Indians.
  • Wampum was of two colours, dark purple and white, of cylindrical form, averaging a quarter of an inch in length, and about half that in diameter.
  • A strand of wampum, consisting of purple and white shell-beads or a belt woven with figures formed by beads of different colours, operated on the principle of associating a particular fact with a particular string or figure, thus giving a serial arrangement to the facts as well as fidelity to the memory.
  • Wampum was also used for personal adornment, and belts were made by embroidering wampum upon strips of deerskin.
 
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