ians to shoot herons on an island, and was drowned on the way down;
the second was a young man who in the summer before had gone with the
Hurons to their country, and who returned with them on the 18th of June;
the third was Champlain himself.]

[Footnote 33: Wampum was a sort of beads, of several colors, made
originally by the Indians from the inner portion of certain shells, and
afterwards by the French of porcelain and glass. It served a treble
purpose,--that of currency, decoration, and record, wrought into belts
of various devices, each having its significance, it preserved the
substance of treaties and compacts from generation to generation.]

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