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Example sentences for "redmen"

Lexicographically close words:
reditum; redivided; redivision; redly; redman; redness; redolent; redonda; redooced; redouble
  1. Their headdresses nodded, and, as the redmen rode nearer, the children saw that their faces were broadly striped in red and yellow.

  2. And yet you can share in your father's exterminating vengeance as he sweeps ten thousand redmen into their graves?

  3. The cattlemen wish to punish all redmen for what one bad young warrior does.

  4. The redmen were all eager to shake hands with Maynard, in whom they recognized a valiant friend as well as an old-time enemy.

  5. You artists think the redmen ought to sit for nothing.

  6. Silently, soberly, the two redmen left the room, and Curtis dressed and went at once to find Calvin.

  7. It is not true that the redmen are to vanish from the earth.

  8. He began to understand how a man might start in his duties with the most commendable desire, even solemn resolution, to be ever kindly and patient and self-respecting, and end by cursing the redmen and himself most impartially.

  9. Even art to him means painting the redmen sympathetically.

  10. Briefly he described the time when the redmen were happy in a land filled with deer and buffalo, before the white man was.

  11. Upon reaching the corner of the square Curtis turned to the left, with the design of encircling it, hoping to find the two redmen looking on from a door-way on the outskirts of the throng.

  12. Naturally, when the plan for enlisting redmen into the cavalry came to be worked out, I was chosen to command a troop of Shi-an-nay.

  13. Ay, but you cannot bring back the buffalo," said those who doubted, for there are sceptics among the redmen as elsewhere.

  14. There the Caribou pass when they go to the Northland; and I have seen the Redmen killing these Moss-eaters as they swam from land to land--killing them beyond all count.

  15. Then one Man, with two Redmen and the Dog Train, went north after Musk-Ox.

  16. The Redmen say that if any are taken alive the others will all pass to some other land as did Buffalo.

  17. Our Pack has a cry of great strength; the 'bells of the forest,' the Redmen call it.

  18. And from listening beside the tepee at night, I learned that the Redmen were angry because of the Head-taking.

  19. I see the wigwams of the redmen changed To ample houses, and the tiny plots Of maize and green tobacco broadened out To prosperous farms, that spread o'er hill and dale The many-coloured mantle of their crops.

  20. A fertile island that the redmen called Manhattan, lay above the bay: the land Around was bountiful and friendly fair.

  21. Indeed, these are the times that try men's souls, but I firmly believe the day is not far distant when the redmen will be driven far over the border.

  22. As the little village commenced to prosper the redmen became troublesome.

  23. His weapons were placed beside him, to go with him to the Happy Hunting Ground, the eternal home of the redmen, where the redmen believe the sun will always shine, and where they will be free from their cruel white foes.

  24. He told tales of how easily white boys become Indianized, so attached to the wild life and freedom of the redmen that it was impossible to get the captives to return to civilized life.

  25. The white brothers of the redmen are gladdened by this visit of the great chief," he said.

  26. Such conduct was certainly surprising in these days, when the redmen are a peaceable people who have learned to regard the pale-faces as well-meaning friends, and have long since buried the hatchet of tribal feuds.

  27. Pemmican was in plenty, and the redmen kept the hunting-grounds in peace.

  28. Totem will appear serpent of fire to warn redmen no' light flames.

  29. The stranger who has raised no arm against the redmen may not be bound in the camp of the Dacotahs.

  30. At the same time a New York scientific society, engaged in preserving records, pictures and photographic reproductions of the Indians, made a prize offer for the best film showing the redmen in their ceremonial dances.

  31. With one accord, when the film the boys had taken, showing the charge of the soldiers on the Moquis, was put on, the redmen rushed from the building.

  32. While making these films, the boys and their companion, who were hidden in a cave where the Indians could not see them, saw the redmen about to torture, as they thought, four white prisoners.

  33. As a matter of fact, Hank Selby had only fired in the air, if possible to frighten off the Indians, and it seemed that the redmen had done the same, since there was no whine of bullets over the head of the guide.

  34. The pale-faces are masters of the earth, and the time of the redmen has not yet come again.

  35. One of the most conspicuous of the chiefs who fought in the battle of Miami assured the writer, that the redmen could not fight the warriors with "long knives and leather-stockings"; meaning the dragoons with their sabres and boots.

  36. They came in a large canoe, when my fathers had buried the tomahawk with the redmen around them.

  37. As a sudden squall ripples a smooth lake, so the scent of the Redmen carried by the prairie breeze stirred the sea of brown-backed Buffalo.

  38. See how still and quiet the old Range is; only those slayers of Redmen up by the Pound.

  39. That we know, for there were eyes of redmen near.

  40. She thought her Indian companions would never return, but at length one of the redmen looked out from the bushes, and then another, and both gazed round as if in search of her.

  41. It was under a large tree, on a high bank commanding the whole prospect round for many and many a mile, and in the eastern part of the province of New York, that three redmen were seated in the early summer of 1758.

  42. And a little later some soldiers came to keep guard over the Redmen so they could not again go off their reservation to make trouble.

  43. The Redmen put the animals in this valley and made a fence at this end so they couldn't get out.

  44. Anyhow we'll have to turn the Redmen back to their reservation where they belong if we get any of them.

  45. There are some Indians on their own ranch, or government reservation, not far from where Uncle Frank has his horses and cattle, but I guess the Redmen never bother anyone.

  46. Directing the forces from where he lay, he ordered that the Indians' huts be set on fire, as the redmen refused quarter.

  47. The redmen mocked their efforts to fire the buildings, but some of the soldiers with reckless bravery were able to start the blaze going at one corner of Captain Jacobs's house.

  48. It is difficult to ascertain just who the hunters were who slew the Moose in Pennsylvania, few Indians of note were guilty of the slaughter of their beloved Original; only the starving rag-tag of the redmen helped in the final extirpation.

  49. Fisher warned the men not to shoot as he was uncertain as to how many redmen might be in their vicinity and he did not want to take any great risk of them all being killed.

  50. Looking back up a draw we saw five redmen galloping toward us.

  51. The first attempt to convert the western redmen took place upon the upper Allegheny, where many Indians, including Allemewi, a blind Delaware chief, accepted the faith.

  52. Seldom had the rights of the redmen been thought of.

  53. The paleface came with his leaden death, his burning firewater, his ringing ax, and the glory of the redmen faded forever.

  54. But redmen followed the same methods of woodcraft from tradition, as Wetzel had learned after long years of study and experience.

  55. Redmen from all tribes came flocking to the new colony.

  56. The news flew apace; the Village of Peace entertained more redmen than ever before.

  57. When making gifts to these redmen he could never be certain that his offerings were appreciated.

  58. The redmen were driven like hounded deer into the untrodden wilds.

  59. As the redmen worked willingly, a fresh band of Frenchmen approached and began to fire upon the fort from the other side.

  60. The redmen slept heavily on, while the cry of a whip-poor-will sounded ominously from the black and gloomy forest.

  61. When he mounted the deck of his vessel, the redmen made rude sketches upon the planking of what he would find above, and spoke of a mighty water-fall (Niagara Falls) where the river plunged downward in a mass of tempestuous spray.

  62. It was now about a week since the redmen had left Lake St. Peter and they entered the gray waste of Lake Champlain.

  63. Some of the redmen even treated him disdainfully, for they were angered at the reception which they had received.

  64. Sometimes I fear the wolves will break loose and attack my Indians, which I would very much regret, for the Redmen are faithful fellows and we form a happy community.

  65. The wolves hate the Redmen as they hate me, but they supplied us all with food, they secured for us our winter meat while the men worked to build houses and clear the land, and thus made it possible for us to start this settlement.

  66. Very likely the white people are nearly like the redmen now, from having lived among them so long.

  67. We know something of Indians, even if these redmen are of a strange tribe.

  68. The Indians use these in some of their dances," he went on, "and there are face masks, false beards and wigs which will change you from whites into redmen very quickly.

  69. We all see," and he waved his hand to indicate the redmen gathered around him.

  70. With guttural exclamations, and many grunts of surprise, the redmen gathered around the big airship.

  71. Beyond that point no permanent settlers had ventured until Montreal, the strange, solitary island city, was established for no other purpose than to convert the redmen to Christianity.

  72. Was it not her strong, sweet influence for good that had spanned the continent at last, and raised the cross aloft among the redmen of the Rocky Mountains?

  73. Like other redmen they had a gift for picking out good locations for their huts or wigwams--whatever they were in those days.

  74. A fire of very dry wood, which would give little smoke, was lighted and over this two of the redmen prepared some deer meat they had been carrying.

  75. But the Iroquois had suffered about all they could stand, and soon those that were able to move were in full retreat, while the others were just as speedily dispatched and scalped by the redmen who had put them to flight.

  76. He half suspected that these redmen had come down into New York from the north shore of Lake Ontario and in this he was not mistaken.

  77. As has been said, water leaves no trail, and for this reason the redmen instinctively used the shallow stream for a roadway.

  78. All the while they were talking they kept their eyes on the Indians, and they now saw the redmen come out on the stream and cross to the side they occupied.

  79. The redmen had been marching around the camp-fires but now they halted and all sank cross-legged upon the soil.

  80. But Haldimand was not to be caught by any trick, and he divided his force, one half to meet the expected attack of the redmen and the others to guard the side upon which the French were still located.

  81. Gangley, and as the redmen leaped into their canoes, he opened fire again.

  82. Then the redmen are glad to meet their brothers.

  83. At this eight redmen advanced to the camp-fire, on which the boys threw some extra brushwood, so that they might see the new arrivals.

  84. A volley rang out and four of the redmen pitched forward, shot through the back.

  85. Arrow Head had been left behind to "drum up" a few stragglers, but was now ready to go forward with the redmen under him.

  86. At the start of the fire some furniture had been hauled forth, a chest of drawers and a bureau, and now some of the redmen set to work to break open both articles, to see what they contained.

  87. Around the ruins half a dozen redmen were prowling, on the hunt for anything of value which might have escaped their notice during the darkness of the night.

  88. Do the redmen often visit this lake, Hurry?

  89. Your own people will not own you, and no tribe of redmen would have you in their wigwams; you skulk among petticoated warriors.

  90. I look upon the redmen to be quite as human as we are ourselves, Hurry.

  91. I thought it strange; I am feeble minded, and the redmen have never harmed me before.

  92. This battle, which the whites call Wounded Knee and the Indians term The Massacre at Wounded Knee Creek, was won when the troops finally surrounded the tepees of the redmen and then demanded that every gun should be given over.

  93. There, apparently, thoughts of war were abandoned and the redmen became successful tillers of the soil in the San Carlos Reservation.

  94. The wily and daring leader of the redmen was commonly known as Geronimo, a medicine man and prophet of the Chiricahuas.

  95. He was simply obeying orders and doing his best in the war with the redmen who already confronted him.

  96. Nothing pleased the redmen better than to be honoured by the acceptance of some treasure for this museum.

  97. As United States superintendent of Indian affairs for the West, Governor Clark now became practically autocrat of the redmen for life.

  98. The wondering redmen heard that the great King had withdrawn across the Big Water and that the Long Knives were victors in the country.

  99. Admiring redmen put their hands over their mouths in amazement.

  100. No nation fraternized with the redmen as the Frenchmen did.

  101. Before daylight the wondering redmen were aroused from their buffalo couches by three volleys fired from the fort.

  102. Like the Hermit of old, Tecumseh went out to rouse the redmen in a crusade against the whites.

  103. Redmen fell on the ground and cried to the Great Spirit.

  104. Outside, the redmen were roasting a barbecue.

  105. In unprecedented numbers the redmen crossed the Ohio,--station after station was invested; then followed the frightful battle of Blue Licks where sixty white men fell in ten minutes.


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