 | Mary Russell Mitford - Short stories, American - 1830 - 366 pages
...and tree, and bush, shielded its man, from behind which the winged messengers of death were quickly sent forth, and often with but too unerring an aim....lead them on to victory. While this movement upon the dank was in slow but successful progress, the artillery had been brought up to the assault in front,... | |
 | William Leete Stone - American fiction - 1834 - 266 pages
...often, with but too unerring an aim. They yielded only inch. by inch; and, in their retreat, daited from tree to tree with' the agility of the panther,...was the animating spirit among his forces. He was always in the thickest of the fight,, and used every effort to stimulate his followers, and lead them... | |
 | John Warner Barber - New York (State) - 1845 - 664 pages
...were thickly sent, but with so little effect as to excite astonishment. The Indians yielded ground only inch by inch ; and in their retreat darted from...of the panther, often contesting each new position to the point of the bayonet — a thing very unusual even with militiamen, and still more rare among... | |
 | J. C. Gilleland - Gulf States - 1851 - 478 pages
...were thickly sent, but with so little effect as to excite astonishment. The Indians yielded ground only inch by inch ; and in their retreat, darted from...of the panther, often contesting each new position to the point of the bayonet—a thing very unusual even with militiamen, and still more rare among... | |
 | Orsamus Turner - Genesee County (N.Y.) - 1851 - 634 pages
...were thickly sent, but with so little effect as to excite astonishment. The Indians yielded grpund only inch by inch ; and in their retreat darted from tree to tree with the agility of a panther, often contesting each new position at the point of the bayonet — a thing very unusual... | |
 | James Orimel Brayman - Mexican War, 1846-1848 - 1853 - 558 pages
...were thickly sent, but with so little effect as to excite astonishment. The Indians yielded ground only inch by inch ; and in their retreat darted from...of the panther, often contesting each new position to the point of the bayonets, a thing very unusual even with militiamen, and still more rare among... | |
 | Henry Barton Dawson - History - 1858 - 774 pages
...were thickly sent, but with so little effect as to excite astonishment. The Indians yielded ground only inch by inch ; and, in their retreat, darted...of the panther, often contesting each new position to the point of the bayonet, a thing very unusual even with militiamen, and still more rare among the... | |
 | William Leete Stone - Indians of North America - 1900 - 392 pages
...were thickly sent, but with so little effect as to excite astonishment. The Indians yielded ground only inch by inch ; and in their retreat darted from...of the panther, often contesting each new position to the point of the bayonet, a thing very unusual even with militiamen, and still more rare among the... | |
 | William Leete Stone - Indians of North America - 1838 - 640 pages
...were thickly sent, but with so little effect as to excite astonishment. The Indians yielded ground only inch by inch ; and in their retreat darted from...of the panther, often contesting each new position to the point of the bayonet—a thing very unusual even with militiamen, and still more rare among... | |
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Indians were entitled to the credit of fighting manfully. Every rock, and tree, and bush shielded its man, from behind which the winged messengers of death were thickly sent, but with so little effect as to excite astonishment. The Indians yielded ground... 