wampum

synonyms for wampum

On this page you'll find 44 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to wampum, such as: choker, necklace, pendant, rosary, chaplet, and necklet.

America with lakes of lucre, waves of wampum, a Superstorm Sandy of simoleons, a Hurricane Katrina of cash.
The Federal Government Has Violated My Right to Chainsaw | P. J. O’Rourke | April 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Take blankets and beads to the Wyandots and watch them hang up white wampum.
A Virginia Scout | Hugh Pendexter
But wampum, like the race for whom it was made, was unable to hold its ground against the advancing civilization.
A short history of Rhode Island | George Washington Greene

The beads found in them are very like those which the barbarous Indians called wampum and used as money.
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies | H. A. (Hlne Adeline) Guerber
He took off his head-dress and bracelets, both being of yellow leather edged with wampum, and presented them to Cartier.
The Indian in his Wigwam | Henry R. Schoolcraft
As I embarked to return, he put the white wampum around my neck—a pledge of truth, my sweetheart, my Algonquin.
The Indian in his Wigwam | Henry R. Schoolcraft

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