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conclusion of peace and on other solemn occasions, in order to ratify the 

 transaction, and to perpetuate the remembrauce of the event. The term 

 "wampum" is often applied to shell beads in general, but might with propriety 



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be confined to a certain class of cylindrical beads, usually one-fourth of an 

 inch long, but sometimes much longer^ and drilled lengthwise, which were 

 chiefly manufactured from the shells of the common hard-shell clam ( Venus 



