wampum

Example Sentences

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The Council looked at the wampums with intense interest, well knowing the important part these Indians were capable of assuming in the war with England.

From The Golden Dog by Kirby, William

In brief, make a perfect peace between us, O friend, and man of peace; and let the wampums be all wrapped up, and especially the tomahawks entirely buried, and the thing end forever!

From The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II. by Carlyle, Thomas

"Never you mind!" cries Bobby, while his round eyes twinkle mischievously; "I dare say he has got one by now, a nice one, all beads and wampums, that the old Begum has made him."

From Nancy by Broughton, Rhoda

These wampums are properly made of the purple part of the shells, which the Indians value more than the white parts.

From The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) by Warburton, George