 ... that he nearly fell. There were still two horses in the rear, one carrying three men, and one two; and behind the latter Van Cleve, summoning his strength, threw the boy, who escaped. Nor did Van Cleve's pity for his fellows cease with this; for he...  The Winning of the West - Page 168by Theodore Roosevelt - 1905Full view - About this book
 | James Handasyd Perkins, John Mason Peck - History - 1850 - 818 pages
...winter and was buried. I took the cramp violently in my thighs, and could scarcely walk until I got within a hundred yards of the rear, where the Indians were tomahawking the old and wounded men ; and I stopped here to tie my pocket handkerchief round a wounded man's knee. I saw the Indians close... | |
 | John Frost - Black Hawk War, 1832 - 1853 - 624 pages
...winter and was buried. I took the cramp violently in my thighs, and could scarcely walk, until I got within a hundred yards of the rear, where the Indians were tomahawking the old and wounded men ; and I stopped here to tie my pocket handkerchief around a man's wounded knee. I saw the Indians close... | |
 | Wallace A. Brice - Fort Wayne - 1868 - 392 pages
...winter and was buried. I took the cramp violently in my thighs, and could scarcely walk, until I got within a hundred yards of the rear, where the Indians were tomahawking the old and wounded men ; and I stopped here to tie- my pocket handkerchief around a man's wounded knee. 1 saw the Indians... | |
 | United States - 1890 - 1120 pages
...battlefield and buried. Van Cleve was taken with cramp during the retreat and could hardly walk, "till he got within a hundred yards of the rear, where the Indians were tomahawking the old and wounded men." Here he stopped to " tie his pocket handkerchief around a man's wounded knee." The Indians were close... | |
 | Periodicals - 1895 - 1034 pages
...the rear, one carrying three men and one two; and behind the latter Van Cleve, summoninghisstrength, threw the boy, who escaped. Nor did Van Cleve's pity...the cold ground seemed to revive him, and he again be«ran to trot forward. He got round a bend in the road, passing half a dozen other fugitives; and... | |
 | Theodore Roosevelt - Hunting - 1896 - 424 pages
...help; and the kindhearted backwoodsman seized the lad and pulled him along nearly two miles further, when he himself became so worn-out that he nearly...road, passing half a dozen other fugitives; and long afterward he told how well he remembered thinking that it would be some time before they would all... | |
 | 1896 - 1056 pages
...strength, threw the boy. who escaped. Nor did Van Cleve's pity for his fellows cease with this, for be stopped to tie his handkerchief around the knee of...the cold ground seemed to revive him, and he again beyan to trot forward. He got round a bend in the road, passing half a dozen other fugitives; and long... | |
 | Robert Wilbur Steele, Mary Davies Steele - Dayton (Ohio) - 1896 - 324 pages
...understood that his body was found in the winter on the battlefield and buried. hardly walk, "till he got within a hundred yards of the rear, where the Indians were tomahawking the old and wounded men." Here he stopped to "tie his pocket-handkerchief around a man's wounded knee." The Indians were close... | |
 | Theodore Roosevelt - Kentucky - 1900 - 306 pages
...backwoodsman seized the lad and pulled him along nearly two miles farther, when he himself became so worn out that he nearly fell. There were still two horses in...rear, where the Indians were tomahawking the old and the wounded men. So close were they that for a moment his heart sunk in despair ; but he threw off... | |
 | Theodore Roosevelt - 1903 - 352 pages
...backwoodsman seized the lad and pulled him along nearly two miles farther, when he himself became so worn out that he nearly fell. There were still two horses in...off his shoes, the touch of the cold ground seemed 1 68 The Winning of the West to revive him, and he again began to trot forward. He got around a bend... | |
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