Wampum

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*** The Wampum is a symbolical representation worked in beads or painted; used by the Indians to express their wishes or ideas.

A Sketch of the Life of Okah Tubbee, (Called) William Chubbee, Son of the Head Chief, Mosholeh Tubbee, of the Choctaw Nation of Indians 1852

The Onondagas had also the custody of the "Wampum," or mnemonic record of their structure of government, and the Tadodä'ho, or most noble sachem of the league, was among the same tribe.

Canada J. G. Bourinot

_Resolved_, That the thanks of this Society are due and are hereby tendered to Ashbel Woodward, M.D., of Franklin, Conn., for his very able and interesting research upon "Wampum" this evening read before the

Wampum A Paper Presented to the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia Ashbel Woodward

YOUNG "Wampum" sat listening to the two old hunters as they talked and chuckled, boasted and bragged, and smoked their curious stone pipes hour after hour.

The Shagganappi 1913

Young "Wampum" sat listening to the two old hunters as they talked and chuckled, boasted and bragged, and smoked their curious stone pipes hour after hour.

The Shagganappi E. Pauline Johnson 1887

"Wampum," as he chose to be called, led them back to Mr. Parlin's grounds, to the lower end of the garden, where stood some tall silver poplars, on which the Indians had looked with longing eyes.

Captain Horace Sophie May 1869

"Wampum," said Horace, firmly, "you just stop that kind of talk!

Captain Horace Sophie May 1869

Wampum beads were also used as currency especially in the north, as was tobacco, or certificates for tobacco in warehouses in Virginia.

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