[73] From _Peag_, one of the sea-coast terms of the Algonquins, for
wampum.
The ancient species of this article are numerous, and not exclusively
confined to sea shells. The Indian cemeteries denote it in the form of
bone and mineral.
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PEÄGA IOWAN. Fig. 7, Plate 2. The material in this species
is the red pipe stone of the west, so much valued. It is perforated
longitudinally, and was evidently worn about the neck and breast like
the modern article of wampum.