Category:Seawan

Sea"wan, sea"want, n.

Defn: the name used by the algonquin indians for the shell beads Which passed among the indians as money.

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.