papooses

• The papooses, who were strapped to their boards, were hung like a garment on the back wall of the building by a hole in the top of the board, which projected above their heads. —  The Story of a Pioneer
• As I faced the congregation I also faced the papooses, to whom the indifferent backs of their mothers were presented; it seemed to me there was never a time when some papoose was not choking, but no matter how much excitement or discomfort was going on among the babies, not one squaw turned her head to look back at them. —  The Story of a Pioneer
• The more advertising the better About this time Barnum engaged a band of Indians from Iowa The party comprised large and noble specimens of the untutored savage, as well as several very beautiful squaws, with two or three interesting "papooses." —  Life of Hon. Phineas T. Barnum
• "Fleeing from ` Progress, 'and towards the blue waters of the Pacific … are the Indians … with their squaws, papooses, and ` pony lodges,'" he wrote in words oozing contempt. —  Pro Libertate
• Several of the women, or squaws as they were called, had papooses--that is babies--and, having no cradle, they had them tied up in Indian fashion and hung from the limbs of the surrounding trees. —  Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk

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