Kahswentha
Kahswentha (also known as the "Two Row Wampum") represents an agreement with the Europeans, originally made between the Kanienkehaka (Mohawks) and the Dutch in the first half of the 1600s to establish friendship, peace and respect for one another's way of life. Kahswentha is a white wampum bead background, which represents a river. Two parallel rows of purple wampum beads spans the length of the belt and represents two vessels traveling on the river. In one vessel is the Kanienkehaka and the other the Dutch. In each vessel are the laws, traditions, languages and spiritual beliefs of each nation. It is the responsibility of the people in each vessel to steer a straight course so as not to interfere with the other.