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seawan \sea"wan\, seawant \sea"want\, n.
   the name used by the algonquin indians for the shell beads
   which passed among the indians as money.
   1913 webster

   note: seawan was of two kinds; wampum, white, and
         suckanhock, black or purple, -- the former having
         half the value of the latter. many writers, however,
         use the terms seawan and wampum indiscriminately.
         --bartlett.
         1913 webster
see also:
wampum suckanhock 

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