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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In old American law. The Dutch name for wampum, or Indian money, which consisted of perforated beads, manufactured from the inside of shells, and strung together. O'Callaghan's N. Netherlands, i. 60, 61. Id. ii. 543.