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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RonSanderson, post: 24567941, member: 77413&quot;]Apparently many of the shells in wampum were from regions far away from some of the tribes using them. This implies a vigorous trade and travel network that spanned large areas of North America. </p><p><br /></p><p>(Of course, that broke down when the Europeans arrived and brought smallpox and other diseases with them. I have seen estimates of a 90% population drop in the 100 years after contact. That, of course, destroys the entire structure of society and leaves only a tiny number of survivors to try to fend for themselves.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope this doesn’t strike anyone as political; it’s just historical.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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