Wolf Paw and most of the braveswho had returned with him followed.
No one seemed ready to challenge him, but he knew that if three or four braveswere to overpower him and kill Nancy, the crowd would let it happen.
More braves rode behind them, also holding up scalps.
When the braves attacked the blockhouse all together at the end of the day, the pale eyes opened the door and fired a big gun.
The chiefs andbraves and warriors had drunk much of the burning water from a barrel, he remembered, and they had grown merrier and merrier.
We were camped on the Rock River north of here when Iron Knife rode in after sunset to say that you three had been killed, and also two of the braves who had gone with him.
Most of the people scattered, many to mourn their dead, others to hear the stories of the braves and warriors who had come back with the war party, still others to see the horses and to butcher some of the cattle they had brought back.
In the end the three chiefs and most of the braves said they would cross the river.
And will you dance for the braves and warriors you did not bring back?
He went to the families of the bravesand warriors who had been killed and tried to comfort them, performing rituals that helped them let their loved ones go, to walk west on the Trail of Souls.
The braves were jealous of each other, and the women were jealous of her, while she--the flirt!
Eagerly she scanned the faces of the braves as their war-canoes swept by, but the face she looked for was not among them.
Two other bravesnow leaped forward, but, after a struggle, Kayuta left them dead or senseless, too.
Towards the end of the war he exhibited much sympathy for the settlers; commanding his braves not to molest women and children and to disarm and capture, rather than kill their enemies.
Gray Wolf) "How many braves were in the canoe when we took the woman?
Traveling through Powell's Valley, in a dense forest, one of the braves gave the signal for a halt and silence, while he stole silently ahead.
Hearing a rumor of this and wishing to ascertain the truth, Logan on the twenty-seventh of April accompanied by two braves traveled down to Grave Creek.
When he came out the chief met him and calling two of his braves directed them to place food and some deer skins in the Mingo canoe, then turning to John said: "We wish you to leave at once.
He called the two braves who stood guard at the foot of the rock and ordered them to take up the children.
Oliuachica and two braves returned to Jackson River with them; not only as a guard for that journey but to act as guides and to protect their party upon its contemplated emigration to the District of Kentucky, by way of the Wilderness Road.
He was a tireless hiker and since the braves lived by hunting they could match almost any pace he set.
Tashtu called, and some of the braves above them whirled, all speaking excitedly in the clumsy English which was the only tongue they knew.
Tashtu led him to the group of braves which still clustered about Ensign Chandler's body.
But all the more reason for the rest of the braves to return to their homes.
How the braves had mistaken the spacesuited man for a monster.
This spectacular Indian dance, he related, was performed by the braves four or five times a year, usually late in fall.
So to free such an evil spirit from the body, the Indian braves take part in the fire dance ceremony which often lasts five days.
They are only coasters in comparison with this adventurous little navigator, which alone braves the Atlantic, and floats about in the same fathomless deep which is ranged by the devouring shark, and lashed by the stupendous whale.
He was glad to be able to reply with full sincerity: "Ils sont de braves gens et de bons artistes.
There are neither muskets nor cannon among the braves of Hais.
Jami had asked Burhale to swear that he intended no personal offence in taking away a protege pledged to himself: Burhale had sworn, and once more the olive waved over the braves of Berberah.
Some braves wear above the right elbow an ivory armlet called Fol or Aj: in the south this denotes the elephant-slayer.
Now, one by one, the wounded braves Homeward were seen to wend, Each holding on his saddle bow A dead or dying friend.
Braves and their families, from other villages and other branches of our tribe, have raised their tepees here.
The braves tested their weapons and boasted of many valorous deeds; or were else entirely silent, brooding upon mischief yet to come.
But her brother and the other braves had already told her of his great courage on the day before, and of his wonderful skill with the bow and arrow.
Sultry as the night was, there was yet a great council fire blazing in the midst of the settlement, and around this were grouped many young braves of the tribe.
The soldiers were going away on the steamer, and with the soldiers were going most of the big guns, against whose terrible thunder, balls, and canister no Indian braves have ever been able to keep up their courage.
I had a fancy, at the time, that this was the result of the novel sensation of a man having any consideration for her feelings, for Indian braves are not, as a rule, much given to think about the feelings of their women.
Arrived at the Indian camp, we found a band of braves just on the point of leaving it, although by that time it was quite dark.
All the women and children had been sent away, none but armed and painted braves remained.
My young braveswill be happy to go out under the guidance of so strong a warrior," returned Muskrat, quite delighted with the proposal.
This was a testing question, and for some time remained unanswered, while the chiefs and braves looked preposterously solemn.
My father leaves a son; Stronghand is one of the great braves of our nation, and his wisdom is renowned.
All the sachems collected in this hall are great braves of their tribes, and the picked warriors of their nations.
That when our flight is discovered the braves may be too far away for a messenger to reach them with the news in time for them to overtake us.
The braves were quite gone; the last faint echo of their horses' hoofs had died away far down the pass, and the squaws and children, who had been watching their departure, scattered to their work or play.
Squaws, pappooses, a few lads and young girls, and a sprinkling of old men were all that were in it at this time, the braves having gone again upon the war-path.
Great Bear won't run his braves into such a death-trap as that is.
The backs of two mustangs were empty, however, and the yells which followed were those of angry braves who had been stung to rashness rather than intimidated.
The fast-gathering braveshad expected to close in upon a mere handful of tired-out Texans.
Not far down the ravine, but on the upper level on one side of it, three more braves sat in silence by the body of their tribesman who had been slain by the bullet of Cheyne or Bowie.
Shortly after he and his braves began their homeward ride that morning, he had given to his son and to several others orders which were accompanied by swift gesticulations that rendered many words needless.
But do you and your braves ride for the Rio Grande.
After that, as his gathering band rode on, the prudent chief compelled his eager braves to draw rein several times at places where the thick "tangles" suggested the possibility of an ambush and a deadly volley of rifle-bullets.
He had his best braves with him, and they greatly outnumbered the Mexicans.
He and his braves were at that moment riding in among the bushes, while more than half a mile away, upon the prairie, galloped Bowie and his riflemen.
A dozenbraves of the Comanches were grouped, on foot, around the opening through which Tetzcatl had so suddenly disappeared.
He and his braves were too few to win a pitched battle and too many for concealment.
It had kept him from being in person among the next half-dozen of the braves who had gone to the left, so very close upon the heels of Red Wolf.
Yet other braves were riding fast and far in the advance.
He had heard the talks and tales of chiefs and noted braves in their camps and councils.
Not the whole band of Great Bear, he thought, but a sufficient number of their best mounted braves to make trouble for Bowie and his men.
The Indian says it is a spirit, and he may mutter the words of the braves in death chant: "If I die, I die valiant, I go to death fearless.
Soon the vessel was completely surrounded with canoes, the braves coming aboard with furs, the squaws laughing and chatting and rocking their crafts at the ship's side.
On the outskirts of the camp many braves were standing around, making bets, grooming their horses, and comparing notes.
A few minutes later half a dozenbraves repeated the ruse.
They found the Indian village all agog with excitement, and for a time could not get any of the braves to answer their inquiries about the missing mules.
A number of braves were clearing the course for the racers, who had already lined up at the starting point, but old Wolf Voice rushed down and asked them to wait a minute for the new entry.
Looking Glass finally started alone towards the camp, calling to his braves to come along, but this plan didn't work at all; for the minute he got out of sight over the brow of the hill the thieving gang began to strip me.
The young braves should, therefore, be closely watched when encountered on the Plains.
The prairie tribes are seldom at peace with all their neighbors, and some of the young braves of a tribe are almost always absent upon a war excursion.
When you set Tallachama and his braves upon us in the road that night, you were not cautious enough, Captain Falconnet.
Then with a voice that shakes the solid skies, Pleased, Hector braves the warrior as he flies.
Now fierce for fame, before the ranks he springs, Towering in arms, and braves the king of kings.
One day, while Rea was absent, a dozen braves succeeded in forcing an entrance, and clamored so fiercely, and threatened so desperately, that Jones was on the point of giving them food when the door opened to admit Rea.
The band of youngsters trooped round Jones, and after tasting the white lumps, shrieked in such delight that the braves and squaws shuffled out of the tepees.
He had been propping himself against a tree to appear unharmed, but now he moved so that his braves could see he was pinned to the trunk by an arrow and could not walk.
His stomach hurt with the arrow wound, and his braves waited to hear his words.
Then they rode slowly on after their women and children, and the bravescame back from the pass to report to Many Bears that "Send Warning, Knotted Cord, and their three prisoners had gone, no one could guess whither.
A trusty chief and a dozen braves were instantly ordered to dash into the pass, bring back the prisoners, and learn all they could of the friendly pale-faces.
No human intelligence could have conceived a more effective plan, for the braveswere thrown into utter confusion.
On the evening of the third day, the body of the old chieftain was borne on the shoulders of six strong young braves to a huge pyre out on the plain some distance from the village.
Braves of the tribe hid their faces against the supporting posts of the structure and uttered doleful cries till exhaustion compelled them to give way to other braves who in like manner wailed their grief.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "braves" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
