A home geography of New York city . Arrow-head Another View ofthe Same Ax leu, althou 4 114 HOME GEOGRAPHY OF NEW YORK CITY a great deal of their time to fighting each other, l)nt they unitedto fight the Indians living farther north. No Indian ever cut down or destroyed a tree unless it was neces-sary. He protected the forest because the forest was the homeof the wild animals he hunted for food, clothing, and when the white men came here they found it a forestland, although inhabited. Some white men made great fortunesin lumber as well as in War Club and Boxe Crusher I
A home geography of New York city . Arrow-head Another View ofthe Same Ax leu, althou 4 114 HOME GEOGRAPHY OF NEW YORK CITY a great deal of their time to fighting each other, l)nt they unitedto fight the Indians living farther north. No Indian ever cut down or destroyed a tree unless it was neces-sary. He protected the forest because the forest was the homeof the wild animals he hunted for food, clothing, and when the white men came here they found it a forestland, although inhabited. Some white men made great fortunesin lumber as well as in War Club and Boxe Crusher I CHAPTER XXI INDIAN MONEY For many centuries before the white men came to America theIndians of New York and vicinity had a currency of their own,which they called seawan and wampum. Seawan means blackmoney, and w^as the redmans gold; it was worthtwice as much as means whitemoney, and was the redmans silver. Both kinds ofIndian money were calledwampum by the w^hite men. Wampum was made ofshell beads. These beads weremade by breaking off littlepieces from shells, polishingthem, and then boring holesthrough them with a stoneawl having a reed beads were then strungon strong thread made of thesinews of animals. The l)lack beads were made of the dark purplepart of the inside of the clam shell; the white beads were madefrom the stem of the periwinkle,—a kind of snail. The Indians 115 J iM »^ M Wk ^p » v%^ ^H^^^ ?Eim ^^H.,:^.r. raAik vhBS^ aJ^H^^lK <«9Hi New Yukk Indian of the TwenhktjiCentuky 116 HOME GEOGRAPHY OF NEW YORK CITY K
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