Jeannette Armstrong: Poetry Glossary

Jeannette Armstrong: Poetry Glossary

Squaw

an American Native woman

Heathen

Christian derogatory term to refer to a person who does not believe in the Christian faith

Savage

a person who has animal characteristics

Papooses

a bag used to carry a child

Sinuous

in this context, a river with many turns and curves

To bludgeon

to beat someone with a blunt object

Mob

a group of angry people

Pelt

to throw things quickly at someone or something

Prairie

a large are of flat land

Seagram

a liquor company

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