| A wampum of dark color signaled a serious purpose, sadness, or perhaps great political importance. |
| From the early 1620s, coastal Indians supplied wampum to Dutch traders who exchanged it with inland natives for beaver pelts. |
| Three beads of wampum separating the two purple rows symbolize peace, friendship and respect. |
| Wampum was American Indian bead money, and the purple interior of the quahog shell was used for high-denomination wampum. |
| Public confessions were made, and penitents touched a wampum belt as a pledge of reform. |
| Federal negotiators, in turn, received wampum, pipes, and sometimes weapons. |
