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Definition of Papooses
1. papoose [n] - See also: papoose
Lexicographical Neighbors of Papooses
Literary usage of Papooses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Dakota Territory by George Washington Kingsbury, George Martin Smith (1915)
"Nursing sick papooses, making the savage lords wear flannels for possible
rheumatism, seeing that the squaws bathe three times a day, in cold water, ..."
2. The Science of Railways by Marshall Monroe Kirkman (1900)
"When Indians are ou the march or have a great distance to traverse, two Racks or
receptacles containing papooses (Indian* children) are sometimes ..."
3. Commerce of the Prairies, Or, The Journal of a Santa Fè Trader: Or, The by Josiah Gregg (1845)
"... Alarm—Confusion in the Camp—Friendly Demonstrations of the Indians— The Pipe
of Peace—Squaws and papooses—An Extemporary Village—Lose our Track—Search ..."
4. Philip Musgrave, Or, Memoirs of a Church of England Missionary in the North by Joseph Abbott (1846)
"A Journey—The Indians—Squaws—papooses—Bark Canoes—A Snag— An Accident—The
Encampment—Starvation—The Relief—Home. I HAVE hitherto spoken only of my ..."
5. On the Cars and Off: Being the Journal of a Pilgrimage Along the Queen's by Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen (1895)
"Some fine day we felt that Medicine Hat would be very much awake, when the
BLACKFOOT INDIAN, WITH SQUAW AND papooses. lA'of mas. enormous grizzly bear kept ..."
6. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52: Being a Series of by Thomas C. Russell (1922)
"... "Startlingly unsophisticated state of almost entire nudity"-Their filthy
habits - papooses fastened in framework of light wood - Indian modes of fishing ..."
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