Narragansett people
In the first published study of Amerindian languages in English, "A Key into the Language of America", written in 1643, Puritan Minister Roger Williams reported usage of related morphemes among the Narragansett people, including "squaw" ("woman"), "squawsuck" ("women"), "keegsquaw" ("virgin or maid"), "segousquaw" ("widower"), and "squausnit" ("woman's god").