Word: squaw
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...days ago and Thursday one skeleton was found, in the back-bone of which an arrow head was imbedded two third of an inch. Friday another was discovered and Saturday six were unearthed, of which five were in one group. The five were apparently a warrior, his squaw and three papooses. Near by there was found a portion of an earthen vessel and a roll of copper. The solitary skeleton was about six feet from the group. Under the skull was a number of beads and wampum strings. The skeletons were not more than twelve or fourteen inches under ground...
Some students at Exeter climbed eighty feet to the dome of the town hall, and dressed the Goddess of Justice in an old red skirt after the style of a Modoc squaw. The authorities had a hard time in getting the goddess right again...