Two hundred yards away a fringe of greasewood bushes marked what, at this distance, appeared to be a water course.
Senator August left ten minutes ago," said the hotel clerk affably as he caught sight of the inscription on the card which Tom Collins held.
Having once tasted the pernicious liquid, there is no fear but they will quickly come to terms; and not unfrequently the spirit is drugged, to render the unfortunate Indians still more helpless.
La Bonte started with his squaw for the North Fork early in November, and arrived at the Laramie at the moment that the big village of the Sioux came up for their winter trade.
La Bonte, however, not yet entirely steeled by mountain life to a perfect indifference to human feeling, drew his hard hand across his eye, as the unbidden tear rose from his rough but kindly heart.
The divide, and to the Bayou for meat; and you are from there, I see.
The Bayou Salade, or Salt Valley, is the most southern of three very extensive valleys, forming a series of tablelands in the very center of the main chain of the Rocky Mountains, known to the trappers by the name of the "Parks.
The brave, swelling with pride, then pointed to the fresh and bloody scalps hanging on the pole.
Then the Indians are invited to have a drink--a taste of the fire-water being given to all to incite them to trade.
The bitten lip and frowning brow told of anger rather than of sorrow, as they vowed--what they thought would better please the spirit of the dead man than vain regrets--bloody and lasting revenge.
Such a frame must be well ventilated or the tomatoes will rot rather than ripen.
The various experiments and observations on potato scab and rot seem to indicate that scab flourishes best on a soil inclined to be alkaline, while rot is most prevalent on a soil inclined to be acid.
This rotis a fungus, and the Bordeaux mixture is recommended for it.
There is a rot which causes the fruit to drop from the stem before reaching maturity.
Now listen; would you be willin' to risk a little money to even up with Eugene?
Carmichael paused here to give 'em a comeback at him; but their mouths were dry, and they only hemmed an' hawed.
Most people begin stories about other people, by tellin' you a lot about themselves, so I had my resignation braced for this.
Well, none of us would, as far as that goes; though why we should let anything 'at Horace chose to do surprise us by this time is more 'n I know.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "rot" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
