DCHP-3

squawman†

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1an.

a white man married to an Indian woman, especially a man who thereafter follows Indian ways.

Quotations

1884
It is the whisky man and the squaw man that defeat the benevolent aims of the government.
1928
A saloon-keeper proposed marriage to the girl; but because he was twitted as a future squaw-man he crawfished.
1958
They took Indian wives, but in no sense did they resemble the "squawmen," who were looked down upon by their fellows.
1bn.

a white man married to an Eskimo woman.

Quotations

1936
And the peace of mind of any such squaw-man was most assuredly coming at a price.
2n.

See 1912 quote.

Quotations

1896
If there is caribou or moose meat or fish at the lodge, it goes to the hunters, who must face the storms and withstand the hardships of travel; but the "squaw men," the old men, and certainly the women and children, more than once during the year owe their very lives to the rabbit.
1912
[A] squaw man [is] an Indian who does woman's work.