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- noun Plural form of
squaw .
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Examples
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Several men bitten by a rabid wolf - Arrival in camp of two Eutaw squaws from the Snakes - Wild currants, goosberries, etc.
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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.
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When we returned, the chief called his squaws to whom we presented our gifts, which pleased them greatly.
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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
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"Rhoda Tuttle, unless you put these clothes on at once I shall call the squaws and have them put on you by force."
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"Except in stories Indian girls are called squaws," remarked practical
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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
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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
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Your squaws are the mothers of deer; but if a bear, or a wildcat, or a serpent were born among you, ye would flee.
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Your squaws are the mothers of deer; but if a bear, or
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