squaws

Several men bitten by a rabid wolf - Arrival in camp of two Eutaw squaws from the Snakes - Wild currants, goosberries, etc.

Life in the Rocky Mountains 1844

Each family is provided with one or more canoes, made by the females, whom they call squaws; for no one can marry till she has made this essential article, as, from their residing always on the banks opposite to the town, they have no other mode of conveyance across the river during the summer; but in the winter, whole families travel about on a sledge, drawn over the ice by horses.

Yamboo; or, the North American Slave Anonymous 1812

When we returned, the chief called his squaws to whom we presented our gifts, which pleased them greatly.

Dangers of the Trail in 1865 A Narrative of Actual Events H. DeF. [Illustrator] Patterson

Along with him were nineteen of his braves and four squaws, which is a small number, considering that the Indian is a Mormon in the matter of polygamy.

Three Years on the Plains Observations of Indians, 1867-1870 Edmund B. Tuttle

"Rhoda Tuttle, unless you put these clothes on at once I shall call the squaws and have them put on you by force."

The Heart of the Desert Kut-Le of the Desert Honor�� Morrow 1910

"Except in stories Indian girls are called squaws," remarked practical

The Golden Road 1908

They went clad in skins or blankets; the men were hunters and warriors, who painted their bodies and shaved from their crowns all the hair except the long scalp-lock, while the squaws were the drudges who did all the work.

The Winning of the West, Volume 1 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1769-1776 Theodore Roosevelt 1888

The whole European instinct of forbearance and respect to woman was utterly wanting, -- the squaws were the most degraded of slaves; and to the captive the most barbarous cruelty was shown.

Pioneers and Founders or, Recent Workers in the Mission field Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

Your squaws are the mothers of deer; but if a bear, or a wildcat, or a serpent were born among you, ye would flee.

The Last of the Mohicans 1826

Your squaws are the mothers of deer; but if a bear, or

The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 James Fenimore Cooper 1820