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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 747 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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SQUAW , the anglicized word for woman among the See also:

North See also:

AMERICAN

American See also:

INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians; the See also:

MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts See also:

INDIAN

Indian See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form is squa or schqua, the Narraganset squdwo, the See also:

CREE

Cree eskwuo, See also:

DELAWARE

Delaware ochqueu, khqueu, &c . It is also used in See also:

composition with names of animals to denote the See also:

FEMALE

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