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- noun
Beads orshells , especially as placed on strings and valued as ornaments or a sort of currency.
Etymologies
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Examples
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So Miser tried, even while hunting the elk, to talk with them, in order to learn where hiaqua might be found.
The Mountain that was 'God' Being a Little Book About the Great Peak Which the Indians Named 'Tacoma' but Which is Officially Called 'Rainier' John H. Williams
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It is through such typical Indian legends as that of Miser, the greedy hiaqua hunter, that we learn how large a place the great Mountain filled in the thought of the aborigines.
The Mountain that was 'God' Being a Little Book About the Great Peak Which the Indians Named 'Tacoma' but Which is Officially Called 'Rainier' John H. Williams
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His lust was all for hiaqua, the Indian shell money.
The Mountain that was 'God' Being a Little Book About the Great Peak Which the Indians Named 'Tacoma' but Which is Officially Called 'Rainier' John H. Williams
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Gradually he amassed large savings in hiaqua, the little perforated shell which was the most valued form of wampum, the Indian's money.
The Book of the National Parks Robert Sterling Yard 1903
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At first the treasure-seeker was abashed, but he had come to find hiaqua and he went on digging.
The Book of the National Parks Robert Sterling Yard 1903
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Terrified, he threw back into the bowl behind him five strings of hiaqua to propitiate Tamanoüs, and there followed a momentary lull, during which he started homeward.
The Book of the National Parks Robert Sterling Yard 1903
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He lifted the rock and under it found a cavity filled to the brim with pure-white hiaqua, every shell large, unbroken and beautiful.
The Book of the National Parks Robert Sterling Yard 1903
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The richer he got the stronger his passion grew for hiaqua, and, when a spirit told him in a dream of vast hoards at the summit of Rainier, he determined to climb the mountain.
The Book of the National Parks Robert Sterling Yard 1903
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Strangely, he did not regret his lost strings of hiaqua.
The Book of the National Parks Robert Sterling Yard 1903
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Nothing could be done but to throw back more hiaqua.
The Book of the National Parks Robert Sterling Yard 1903
jinglebelljosie commented on the word hiaqua
any jewelry or ornament made by tooth-shells. Native American
November 8, 2008