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

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

 &quot;wampum&quot; 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 



