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Meanings of wampumpeag in inglês

espanhol
wampum

Small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency.

        wampum
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        Examples for "wampum"
        Examples for "wampum"
        1
        Among the Indians, strings of wampum paid for goods, marriage proposals, tribute.
        New york: the novel
        2
        Marie, in the following words, accompanying them with a string of wampum:-
        Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian ...
        3
        They appealed to this treaty, and to the evidence of the wampum-belts.
        The Iroquois Book of Rites
        4
        This wampum was given to me that I might remain in peace.
        Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian ...
        5
        Got paid in wampum once, and one time I took a horse.
        Dreadnought
        Translations for wampumpeag
        espanhol
        wampum