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Then Catrine Montour, lashing herself into a fury, screamed for vengeance on the people who had broken the chain-belt with the Long House.

From The Maid-At-Arms by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

A large "chain-belt" of wampum was provided, on which the King was symbolically represented, holding in his embrace the colonies, the Five Nations, and all their allied tribes.

From Montcalm and Wolfe by Parkman, Francis

He unfastened the bronze chain-belt still buckled in his kilt tunic, swinging the length speculatively in one hand.

From The Time Traders by Norton, Andre