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1. hiaqua, n. View full entry 1824
...An ornament or necklace composed of tooth-shells, formerly used as money by the Indians of the north Pacific coast of North America....
2. roanoke, n. View full entry 1615
...White beads of inferior value made from bivalve shells and used for currency and ornament by the Indians of Colonial Virginia....
3. seawan(e | seawant, n. View full entry 1701
...= wampum...
4. wampumpeag, n. View full entry 1631
...= wampum...
