Their original currency or standard of value was the hiaqua shell from the northern coast, whose value was in proportion to its length, a fathom string of forty shells being worth nearly double a string of fifty to the fathom.
But little cared the sage for such things; he, was rejoiced to be at home and at peace, and near his own early gains of hiaqua and treasure buried in a place of security.
Hiaqua, we call it, and he who has most hiaqua is wisest and best of all the dwellers on the Sound.
Hiaqua and wealth seemed to have lost their charm for him.
And always his question was, 'How may I put hiaquain my purse?
Deep as he could plunge his arm, there was still more hiaqua below.
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.
So Miser tried, even while hunting the elk, to talk with them, in order to learn where hiaqua might be found.
And then Tamanous vouchsafed at last the great secret of the hiaqua mines, while in terror near to death the miser heard, and every word of guidance toward the hidden treasure of the mountains seared itself into his soul ineffaceably.
The hunter of hiaqua was for a moment abashed at his uninvited ring of spectators.
He who has most hiaquais best and wisest and happiest of all the northern Hiada and of all the people of Whulge.
The hiaqua was strung upon long, stout sinews of elk in bunches of fifty shells on each side.
But he was rejoiced to be again at home and at peace, and near his own early gains of hiaqua and treasure, buried in a place of security.
And always the question was, 'How may I put hiaqua in my purse?
Then, as he withdrew his arm, the rattle of the hiaqua recalled him to the present.
Hiaqua and wealth seemed to have lost their charms for him.
There, in a spot Tamanous had revealed to him, was hiaqua--hiaqua that should make him the richest and greatest of all the Squallyamish.
He who has most hiaqua is best and wisest and happiest of all the northern Haida and of all the people of Whulge.
There, in a spot Tamanous had revealed to him, was hiaqua,--hiaqua that should make him the richest and greatest of all the Squallyamish.
The hiaqua was strung upon long, stout sinews of elk, in bunches of fifty shells on each side.
Her shoulders were hung thick with hiaqua strings.
At first the treasure-seeker was abashed, but he had come to find hiaqua and he went on digging.
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 above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "hiaqua" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
