Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 April 1901 — An Old Wampum Belt. [ARTICLE]

An Old Wampum Belt.

At Essex, Conn., the other day a wampum belt owned by a descendant of Herman Garret, who was appointed governor over the Pequots in 1655, was sold for $320. The relic is composed of a String of shells formed into a belt two and one-half inches wide and thirty-three inches long.