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Sapajo, (probably an American Indian word;) an animal of 
the genus Simia, found in America. 
Squash, (according to Richardson, a pumpkin which is Fetsity 
squashed, but more probably an American Indian word, comp. 
Narraganset, askutasquash, a vine apple; see the quotation be- 
low ;) a plant of the genus Cucurbita. 
“Askutasquash, a vine apple. Which the English from them 
[the Indians] call squashes about the bignesse of apples of severall 
colours, a sweet, light, wholesome, refreshing.”—Roger Wil- 
hams, 1643. 
Squaw, (a word derived from the Massachusetts Indians, but 
found in most languages of the Algonkin-Lenape family; as, 
Knistinaux, esqui ; Ottowa, uque; Algonkin, ickweh ; Sheshata- 
poosh, sehquow ; Abenaki, naukskoue, girl; Massachusetts, squau 
or eshqua; Narraganset, syuaws ; Mohican, peesquasoo, girl ; 
Long Island, squah; Delaware, okhqueh or khqueu ; Nanticoke, 
_ acquahique ; Ulinois, ickoe ; Shawno, gy Sauki, kwyokih ;) 
~ an Indian woman. 
Succotash, (an American Indian word, Webster ;) food of green 
maize and beans boiled together. 
Tobacco, (Haytian, tabaca, a pipe for smoking ; ) ‘the name of 
various species of the Nicotiana. 
Tomahawk, (an Algonkin-Lenape word ; as, Micmac, tomeha- 
gan; Abenaki, temahigan ; Massachusetts: togkunk ; Mohican, 
tumnahecan ; Delaware, tamahicun ;) an Indian hatchet. 
Tomato, (thought by J. Thomson to be an American Tedian 
word ;) the love-apple, Solanum oes originally from 8. 
America. 
Wampum, (a contraction of Massachusetts, wampumpeaze, 
Indian money, thought to be connected with Massachusetts, 
wompi, white, or Iroquois, wampum, a marine shell ;) shells or 
strings of shells used by the Indians for money. 
Wigwam, (an Algonkin-Lenape word; as, Knistinaux, was- 
ky Yegun ; Chippeway, wikiwam ; Ottawa, wigwauk ; Algonkin, 
wikiwam ; Micmac, wigwom ; Abenaki, wigwam ; Massachusetts, 
wikwam ; Mohican, nsekesdihene; Delaware, wiquoam ; Miami, 
wikameh ; Ulinois, ouitiame; Shawno, wiggewoam ; Menomeni 
weekeewaum ;) an Indian hut or cabin. 
Yankee, (according to Heckewelder, Sadan Yengees, a cor- 
ruption of the name English, which the Indians applied to the 
people of New-England ;) an inhabitant of New-England. . 
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