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单词 hostile expedition
例句 hostile expedition
This is no obstacle to fighting men travelling in canoes, on the bows of which they are often fastened while the warriors are returning from hostile expeditions. The Adventures of John Jewitt Only Survivor of the Crew of the Ship Boston During a Captivity of Nearly Three Years Among the Indians of Nootka Sound in Vancouver Island 2011-11-15T03:00:19.650Z
The arrival of the latter vessel was extremely opportune, as a hostile expedition to the island was being organized by rebels from Machias, in Massachusetts, who had arrived at Fort Cumberland, in Nova Scotia. History of Prince Edward Island 2011-04-16T02:00:17.027Z
Of these is the band of El Cascabel, noted for its frequent hostile expeditions to the settlements of Sonora, as that on which it was bent when brought up by the Lost Mountain. The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora 2011-03-23T02:00:19.250Z
It was evident to any eye, that the savages below them were making preparations for some hostile expedition. The Frontier Angel A Romance of Kentucky Rangers' Life 2010-12-20T17:12:29.603Z
Further, they were plumed and otherwise adorned as warriors upon a hostile expedition. The White Shield
He himself joined an hostile expedition of the Algonquins and Montagnais against the Iroquois. The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1
When the vague rumors of the hostile expedition of the Massachusetts colony reached his ears, Frontenac was far from Quebec, toiling in the western part of the colony. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1
The Emperor, who had just mounted his horse to set out upon some hostile expedition, replied, that "he would listen to her on his return." A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One
The force employed seems not to have been in excess of what might lawfully be used, either for the arrest of an enemy's neutral transport or for barring the progress of a hostile expedition. Letters to "The Times" upon War and Neutrality (1881-1920)
It was manifest that some hostile expedition was contemplated. Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam
At the age of twenty-one, he accompanied Colonel Beauquette, as a serjeant, in a hostile expedition against the Indians of the north. The First White Man of the West Life and Exploits of Col. Dan'l. Boone, the First Settler of Kentucky; Interspersed with Incidents in the Early Annals of the Country.
Besides the desperate affair already related in these pages, he had been engaged in divers hostile expeditions against the aborigines, and on all occasions had he shown a cool head and a resolute mind. The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish
The inhabitants were now at war with those of Beszeyra, but both parties respect the lives of their enemies, and their hostile expeditions are directed against the cattle only. Travels in Syria and the Holy Land
On December 23, an intimation had been given to Marquis Palmella that England would not permit them to go on a hostile expedition to any part of the Portuguese dominions. Selected Speeches on British Foreign Policy 1738-1914
Bruce tells us that the nomad tribes of that part of Africa carry with them, in crossing deserts on hostile expeditions, only balls of pulverized roasted coffee mixed with butter. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859
Similarly, if we control the communications, not only can supplies be conveyed to it, but also no hostile expedition will be allowed to reach it. Sea-Power and Other Studies
I reached Sandusky at midnight, and found reports of the militia regiments already on the way, and that the hostile expedition had not yet left Canada. Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865
At all subsequent periods he regarded himself as committed to aid his allies in their hostile expeditions against the Iroquois. Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 01
Her Britannic Majesty's government, as was justly expected, have exercised their authority to prevent the departure of new hostile expeditions from British ports. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 7: 1863-1865
Their special agreement only required them to render assistance in case of an attack on Thebes; to assist in a hostile expedition against others was not in the bond. Hellenica
Our ablest seamen always held that small hostile expeditions could be prepared in secret and might be able to slip through the most complete lines of naval defence that we could hope to maintain. Sea-Power and Other Studies
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