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The legend of the Cape May diamond

by Trinka Hakes Noble

Cape May diamondsDelaware IndiansIndians of North AmericaFictionChildren's fictionIndians of north america, fictionDelaware, fictionJuvenile fiction

For thousands of years, quartz fragments have traveled down the Delaware River (once called the Wehittck by the Lenape Indians), washing ashore near a place settled by the Dutch explorer Cornelius Jacobson Mey, where they are gathered as treasures and known as Cape May Diamonds.

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