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Definition of Seawan
1. n. The name used by the Algonquin Indians for the shell beads which passed among the Indians as money.
Definition of Seawan
1. wampum [n -S] - See also: wampum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Seawan
Literary usage of Seawan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Early Records of the City and County of Albany: And Colony of Resselaerswyck by Albany County (N.Y.), Albany co., N. Y., Jonathan Pearson, Arnold Johan Ferdinand Van Laer (1919)
"... the first on delivery, the half in good, merchantable seawan, the other in
good, deliverable beavers; the second payment on the last of May A°. ..."
2. The Indian in His Wigwam, Or, Characteristics of the Red Race of America by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1848)
"... inhabitants prior to the introduction of European wrought wampum or seawan,
and of beads of porcelain and glass, and ornamented pipes of coarse pottery. ..."
3. Minutes of the Court of Fort Orange and Beverwyck, 1652-16[60] by Arnold Johan Ferdinand Van Laer (1920)
"Rutger Jacobsz has presented five fathoms of seawan, a kettle and four hatchets
... six fathoms of seawan, three kettles, three hatchets and two pounds of ..."
4. The Records of New Amsterdam from 1653 to 1674 Anno Domini by Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan, New York (N.Y.) (1897)
"... also appearing says the Goodman Bon put too much to his a/c.; he paid him
seawan and beavers, which he did not enter. The Marshal is ordered to execute ..."
5. History of the New Netherlands, Province of New York, and State of New York by William Dunlap (1840)
"For the seawan was not only tbeir money, but it was an ornament to their persons.
... seawan was the seal of a contract — the oath of fidelity. ..."
6. History of Long Island: Containing an Account of the Discovery and by Benjamin Franklin Thompson (1839)
"seawan was the seal of a contract—the oath of fidelity. ... A string of seawan
was delivered by the orator in public council at the close of every distinct ..."
7. The History of Long Island, from Its Discovery to the Present Time: With by Benjamin Franklin Thompson (1843)
"For the seawan was not only used as money, but to ornament their persons.
It answered to distinguish the rich from the poor, the proud from the humble. ..."
8. Narratives of New Netherland, 1609-1664 by John Franklin Jameson (1909)
"And if you will give us four hands of seawan we will not sell our skins to anyone
but you; and after that they gave me the five beaver skins, and snouted as ..."
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