| 单词 | backwoodsman |
| 例句 | But Wool's perfect timing and daft/declamatory cadences – he's half backwoodsman, half carnival barker – keep even the so-so material enjoyable. Glenn Wool ? review 2011-08-23T18:20:00Z This fall there’s been a move away from its more obvious forms — the preppy thing that became really mainstream, and the backwoodsman look with the red wool buffalo-plaid coat. Trading Up: Black, White and Plaid All Over 2010-12-16T06:40:03Z The Descent works so well because it adds a creepy Darwinian overtone to the well-worn horror staple of the inbred, bestial backwoodsman. From Alien to Nosferatu: the most horrifying movie monsters of all time 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z Among them were “The Hunt,” in which a recently deceased backwoodsman is saved by his beloved hunting dog from accidentally wandering into Hell. Earl Hamner Jr., 'The Waltons' Creator, Dies at 92 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z Texas-born actor Scott Haze plays a lonely Tennessee backwoodsman whose traumatic life twists him into a necrophiliac and murderer in "Child of God", based on Cormac McCarthy's novella of the same name. Judi Dench as Irish woman searching for son grips Venice 2013-08-31T16:28:01Z America, he maintained, “even in its most rigidly segregated precincts,” was a “nation of multicolored people,” or Omni-Americans: “part Yankee, part backwoodsman and Indian — and part Negro.” Albert Murray, Essayist Who Challenged the Conventional, Dies at 97 2013-08-19T16:57:56Z He managed to keep working in small projects in theater, films and TV, returning to the mainstream in 1983 with “Cross Creek,” in which he played table-smashing backwoodsman Marsh Turner. Emmy-winning actor Rip Torn has died at the age of 88 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z When he and three other Atlanta businessmen are ambushed by violent backwoodsmen, Reynolds must guide the group to safety. Burt Reynolds, star of film, TV and tabloids, dead at 82 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z When he and three other Atlanta businessmen are ambushed by violent backwoodsmen, Reynolds must guide the group to safety. Burt Reynolds, star of film, TV and tabloids, dead at 82 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z The Tories’ hard-Brexit backwoodsmen thus stand poised to undermine May’s team. May has called a snap general election. Our writers respond | Zoe Williams and others 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z “He was also a crack shot and a backwoodsman,” said Mr. Jones. New York Today: The City and the Great War 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z “I felt every bit a backwoodsman, and it threw me off the mark.” George Saunders Gets in Lincoln’s Head 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z Men who are backwoodsman above the waist, and dainty-mankled waifs below it, appear confused and precariously balanced. A Point of View: Why don't men's trousers cover their ankles any more? 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z "The other lifetimes would be as a pianist, backwoodsman, tennis player, or writer for the National Geographic." Nobel winner and organ transplant pioneer Joseph Murray dies at 93 2012-11-27T04:04:45Z At the behest of the chancellor, Conservative backbench backwoodsmen have blocked my bill requiring the consent of parliament to this appointment, which was sponsored by a cross-party group of senior MPs. Letters: New Bank of England governor will be the most powerful in British history 2012-10-11T20:00:04Z Yet such was the sense of unity and togetherness that these sacred games had wreaked that the independence dream of those vile separatists and backwoodsmen of the SNP seemed to have been destroyed forever. Feeling desperate, Alex? Then call for Dan 2012-08-18T23:06:11Z There were townsmen in motorcars, sturdy farmers on motor-cycles, waggons, and carts, backwoodsmen on bicycles and on foot. The Airship "Golden Hind" 2012-04-21T02:00:26.983Z He was as much out of his element in a comfortable armchair before a winter's fireside, as a backwoodsman in a boudoir. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z The latter rode forward and issued his commands—but the backwoodsmen instead of obeying him, were ignorant even of the military terms he used. The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:38.213Z They were usually soldiers, sometimes backwoodsmen, and occasionally a friendly Indian, who, disguising his attachment to the whites, could pass when others would infallibly have perished. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z Higher on the stairs, and among the rooms behind them, were gay groups of masquers—dominoes, imposing Mephistos, backwoodsmen, gallants of Spain and France, red Indians and turbaned Hindus. The Mardi Gras Mystery 2012-03-24T02:00:18.017Z He was a tall, gaunt backwoodsman, who in his earlier days had been a guide in the Adirondack region. The Motor Girls in the Mountains or, The Gypsy Girl's Secret 2012-03-07T03:00:15.897Z That’s why I think he must belong to a backwoodsman or a guide, because children in such families take to doing all these things like ducks do to water.” Phil Bradley's Snow-shoe Trail The Mountain Boys in the Canada Wilds 2012-02-27T03:00:13.497Z Leavenworth's battalion, however, embraced a few volunteers, and among them a company of backwoodsmen, who joined the army at Buffalo a few days before it was to cross the Niagara. The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:38.213Z This gave them tolerable security as regarded soldiers, but not as regarded the enraged backwoodsmen, who would shoot without distinction at any thing with a red skin. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z An express came in yesterday with news that the Cayugas had been terribly whipped by the backwoodsmen under Andy Lewis, somewhere near the Great Kanawha. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z “It would be some scrap,” agreed Walter, as he took in the brawn and bulk of the backwoodsman. The Motor Girls in the Mountains or, The Gypsy Girl's Secret 2012-03-07T03:00:15.897Z The wounded of the enemy must have been much less, on account of the sure aim of the backwoodsmen. Norman's New Orleans and Environs Containing a Brief Historical Sketch of the Territory and State of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time 2012-02-13T03:00:18.260Z These settlers are usually called backwoodsmen, because they live in the remote forests. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z Eliot, with several others of the party, escaped, and finally reached Carlisle, where his story excited a spirit of uncontrollable wrath and vengeance among the fierce backwoodsmen. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z And when a backwoodsman gets at odds with his bacon, then something has got to be done. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z Mr. Howbridge got up from his chair and advanced to meet the backwoodsman with hospitable hand. The Corner House Girls Snowbound 2011-12-30T03:00:22.827Z He saw that old Rossiter, experienced backwoodsman and taught by the Company as he was, knew where the secret lay, if he did not yet know its exact terms. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z Next to agriculture the breeding of cattle is an important object among the backwoodsmen; but is likewise ill understood. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z The backwoodsmen, with their families, were assembled in one large room; and finding themselves mingled among the Indians, and embarrassed by the presence of the women and children, they remained indecisive and irresolute. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z In the face of real catastrophe the New Brunswick backwoodsman does not rave and tear his hair. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z “Whoof!” exclaimed the backwoodsman, expelling his breath in a great snort of disgust. The Corner House Girls Snowbound 2011-12-30T03:00:22.827Z It was a habit into which Joe had fallen, and with very good reason, too, seeing the open-air life he was leading and the companions he associated with; for your Canadian backwoodsman loves his smoke. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z These are the backwoodsmen of Illinois and Indiana. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z The American backwoodsmen were ambushed, many of the blockhouse posts were burned, prisoners were subjected to nameless horrors, and it seemed as if pandemonium had broken loose. Stories of the Badger State 2011-11-27T03:00:12.687Z It was a light, hickory-handled, general-utility axe, such as any expert backwoodsman knows how to use with swift and deadly effect, whether as a hand-to-hand weapon or as a missile. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z The conversation of the old backwoodsman was both illuminating and amusing. The Corner House Girls Snowbound 2011-12-30T03:00:22.827Z The vast forests of the United States and Canada cannot long resist the improvident habits of the backwoodsman and the increased demand for lumber. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z These people are generally called backwoodsmen, who live like half savages, without any education or religious instruction. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z I found them all well and doing well; and though I was only a rough sort of a backwoodsman, they seemed mighty glad to see me, however little the quality folks might suppose it. A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett, of the State of Tennessee. 2011-11-07T02:00:17.560Z Thus far he had been a backwoodsman, a rail-splitter, a flatboatman, a clerk, a captain of volunteers, a surveyor. Sketch of the life of Abraham Lincoln 2011-10-24T02:00:19.173Z Hedden overtook the backwoodsman and shouted: “Hadn’t we better separate, Mr. M’Graw, and beat the bushes on either side of this road?” The Corner House Girls Snowbound 2011-12-30T03:00:22.827Z The simplest backwoodsman knows by experience that all cultivation is impossible in the neighborhood of bogs and marshes. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z All these Indians are now totally extirpated or expelled from Indiana, and the country enjoys the advantage of being peopled by the backwoodsmen. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z Thus for the first time the borderers began to number in their ranks plainsmen as well as backwoodsmen. Thomas Hart Benton 2011-10-09T02:00:26.053Z Living on the frontier, mingling with the rude, hard-working, honest, and virtuous backwoodsmen, he became expert in the use of every implement of agriculture and woodcraft, and as an ax-man he had no superior. Sketch of the life of Abraham Lincoln 2011-10-24T02:00:19.173Z “Lynx and them is holed up, all right,” declared the backwoodsman with conviction. The Corner House Girls Snowbound 2011-12-30T03:00:22.827Z The cry is now rising in every part of Christendom—from the backwoodsmen of the Rocky Mountains to the cities of the Old World, of late, stirred by a mighty want—Education, Universal Education! The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities 2011-09-28T02:00:22.560Z Business, or festive occasions, bring the backwoodsmen into the town, where they indulge their love of whisky, which generally retards their return homeward. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z He wrote that one woman he met "chewed tobacco, she smoked a pipe, she drank whiskey, and cursed and swore as heartily as any backwoodsman, all at the same time." Arkansas' hillbilly image resonates into 21st century 2011-09-25T20:21:30Z The fleet warriors, needing a white captive to give them information about Boonesborough, instead of shooting Boone as he ran, gave chase and captured the hardy backwoodsman. Stories of Old Kentucky 2011-09-23T02:00:21.413Z A one-roomed wooden hut it was, built in a clearing, and almost like that of a backwoodsman. Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy 2011-09-08T02:00:23.340Z But our heroes and their party, including Captain Blunt, five friendly Indians, and a trapper—a Yankee of the real old school and a thorough backwoodsman—had made the long journey in safety. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z A backwoodsman had just offered to take her for a dollar and a half a week, when Mrs. Quick firmly bid a dollar and a quarter. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z With the retirement of the backwoodsmen from Philadelphia to their homes, sprang up one of the angriest factional contests that Pennsylvania had ever known. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z While awaiting reinforcements from these stations, the sixty backwoodsmen prepared to protect themselves and their families. Stories of Old Kentucky 2011-09-23T02:00:21.413Z I will leave it to Mistress Owen if I looked like one, though I would I had the marksmanship of a backwoodsman. Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls 2011-07-17T02:00:32.837Z He felt like a backwoodsman, he was a backwoodsman. The Best Psychic Stories 2011-07-13T02:00:21.943Z Old Billy proved a very interesting character; he is a simple, quiet, honest, unpretentious old man, and unlike most backwoodsmen, a veritable coward. Cruisings in the Cascades A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, Amateur Photography, Hunting, and Fishing 2011-07-09T02:00:15.543Z A few backwoodsmen were sent forward in February, 1754, to build a fort at the forks of the Ohio, but were captured by a body of French and Indians. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z Boone was in every way a typical backwoodsman. Stories of Old Kentucky 2011-09-23T02:00:21.413Z "Come in!" shouted the backwoodsman, "what the devil's the use of knocking with every mug of punch." The Kentuckian in New-York, Volume I (of 2) or, The Adventures of Three Southerns 2011-07-06T02:00:46.297Z The backwoodsman, however, did not avail himself of it. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z Barney, it appears, had among his crew a number of backwoodsmen, crack shots, but little accustomed to the amenities of discipline. Privateers and Privateering 2011-06-21T02:00:26.477Z Gallant bows and dainty courtesyings and nimble feet were tripping measures quite new to the backwoodsman. Erskine Dale?Pioneer 2011-06-13T02:00:32.327Z "I was never shrewd at strategy, and am, at best, but a backwoodsman in love warfare." Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman 2011-06-04T02:00:12.520Z He was a tall, slender backwoodsman, with muscles of iron and a rugged nature that enabled him to endure great hardship. American Leaders and Heroes A preliminary text-book in United States History 2011-04-03T02:00:17.547Z A very outspoken man was the backwoodsman, and Elias Rody was sorry now for having visited him. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z The organization was composed almost entirely of backwoodsmen who were skillful hunters and trappers. The History of Company A, Second Illinois Cavalry 2011-03-28T02:00:23.133Z The two backwoodsmen had been dazzled by the brilliance of it all, for the boy had stood with Barbara, who had been allowed to look on for a while. Erskine Dale?Pioneer 2011-06-13T02:00:32.327Z We were encamped upon what, by backwoodsmen, is technically termed a glade—oftener, in their idiom, a “gleed”—a small opening in the woods, without timber or trees of any sort. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z They doubted the ability of this plain man of the people, this awkward backwoodsman, to lead the destinies of the nation in these hours when delicate and intricate diplomacy was needed. American Leaders and Heroes A preliminary text-book in United States History 2011-04-03T02:00:17.547Z At the end of the bye-road upon which the backwoodsman’s dwelling stood, he encountered the very tool suitable for his purpose. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z The word means a native of Indiana, and has a rare popular sense of a backwoodsman, a rustic. The Word Hoosier; John Finley Indiana Historical Society Publications, Volume IV, Number 2 2011-03-21T02:00:12.857Z Instead, he said, it was "all about satisfying Tory backwoodsmen who have a bee in their bonnet because of May Day's association with international labour day". Plan to move May holiday unveiled 2011-03-04T03:25:06Z We are no backwoodsmen here," cried Milbe, "they shall learn that in Germany; here in East Prussia there are men who know what they want. Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:10.707Z I went on, 'and, if you'll allow me to say so, I just admire you for a perfect specimen of a backwoodsman.' Two Years in Oregon 2011-02-16T03:00:33.293Z Warren nodded, and his father passed out of the house, not at all pleased with the interview between himself and the backwoodsman. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z I remained silent as before—as before struck with the sublimity of thought, to which the backwoodsman was unconsciously giving speech. The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z Only imagine one of these despairing backwoodsmen inditing an Ovidian epistle to his unknown mistress—"down east,"—wooing her to come and be wooed! Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men 2011-02-10T03:00:51.280Z They are backwoodsmen, and know how to use them. The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z There was no distinction in the backwoodsman's shanty. In the Van; or, The Builders 2011-02-09T03:00:42.387Z When Warren brought the wounded Indian to Carrol’s rude hut, the old backwoodsman accepted the responsibility, and set himself to the task of healing his wounds with alacrity. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z A few Tory backwoodsmen have a bee in their bonnet about the May Day bank holiday because of its association with international labour day. Call to keep May Day bank holiday 2011-02-05T10:53:53Z No writer ever knew Virginia better than did the late George W. Bagby, and he attributes the cockney “which” to a backwoodsman from Charlotte County in that State. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z This may seem strange to the reader, but it would not be to a backwoodsman who understood the case. The Frontier Angel A Romance of Kentucky Rangers' Life 2010-12-20T17:12:29.603Z The old backwoodsman, active as a cat, sprang to the horse’s back, and the next moment was emptying his second revolver into the faces of the enemy. Adventures Among the Red Indians Romantic Incidents and Perils Amongst the Indians of North and South America 2010-12-20T17:12:20.420Z His interview with Nelatu, although of the briefest, had been as unproductive of results as that with the blunt old backwoodsman. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z The bark, which is dark brown or reddish, and very durable, is used by Indians and backwoodsmen in the same way as the bark of B. alba is used in northern Europe. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z His likeness went abroad through the country like a proclamation; it was the rude, manly, firm, honest, good-natured, homely face of a backwoodsman. Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) 2010-12-20T17:11:42.357Z Taxidermy, long the domain of backwoodsmen and museum employees, is enjoying a vogue lately among young urbanites, due in part to a back-to-the-land revival that also favors beards, flannel and butchery workshops. City Room: Stuffed, to the Limits of the Imagination 2010-12-08T16:42:00Z It would yield better results if concentrated on centres of excellence, but fashionable chatter about the “knowledge economy” stirs every congressional backwoodsman to stick his fingers into the university pie. Schumpeter: Declining by degree 2010-09-02T10:46:00Z The backwoodsman preserved a wary look, as if suspicious of an attempt to corrupt him. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z For a few days only these two fine old backwoodsmen tarried here, and then Old Cy proposed departure. The Girl From Tim's Place Canada was good for priests and, to some extent, for soldiers; there was room in it and a living for an agricultural peasantry, and for the trapper and backwoodsman, who was a law to himself. A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical "Stop!" shouted the backwoodsman, no way disconcerted by his fall; "Stop! or I will so maul your ugly face that you sha'n't be able to eat for a week." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 They were not yet backwoodsmen enough to live upon meat alone; and another and crowning misfortune was the loss of the salt. Stranded in Arcady “Wal, what I have I to do with that?” asked the backwoodsman. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z Like most backwoodsmen, the old prospector said the least when he felt the most. Unexplored! “Look at the tall fellow,” cried the young backwoodsman. Little Oskaloo or, The White Whirlwind In the present instance the two backwoodsmen had no evil intention against the Indian; all they wanted was to give him a glass of Monongahela, and to amuse themselves a little at his expense. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 He deserts his ship at San Francisco and starts out to become a backwoodsman, but rough experiences soon cure him of all desire to be a hunter. Corporal 'Lige's Recruit A Story of Crown Point and Ticonderoga The home truth in the first part of Carrol’s speech pleased the “governor” as little as any of his previous remarks; and, surprised at the freedom of the backwoodsman’s language, he was silent. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z If Grattan had been born among the backwoodsmen, he would have been an orator, and have been persuasive among the men of the hatchet and the rifle. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 We see every detail of the life of a backwoodsman of the days of Catherine II. An Outline of Russian Literature Such were the different bodies of mountaineers and backwoodsmen, suddenly drawing together from various parts to the number of three thousand. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools But the child is received from its Mother's womb by hands imbrowned with honest labor, and laid upon a lowly couch, indicative only of a backwoodsman's home and an American's inheritance. Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. At the very thought of returning to them the backwoodsman smacked his lips. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z With all his cunning, little did the great tuft-eared cat suspect that for weeks the backwoodsman had been watching him, noting his haunts and trails, observing his peculiarities, and laying plans for his capture. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life Besides, when I came to think it over it struck me that the thing was too valuable to share with a lot of guides and backwoodsmen. Northern Diamonds They were Wellington's veterans, and must have felt humiliated enough to be thus compelled to flee before a few rough backwoodsmen, as they considered Jackson's troops. Elsie at Viamede In the dignity and simplicity of the old backwoodsman there is something almost Hebraic. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" The backwoodsman, now perfectly au fait with his pantomimic part of the dialogue, gave a modest but expressive look of dissent. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z The source of this erratic shadow was a lean backwoodsman, who, rifle in hand, was stealing on moccasined feet down the lake shore under cover of the fringing branches. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life But strong natures, backwoodsmen, New Hampshire giants, Napoleons, Burkes, Broughams, Websters, Kossuths, are inevitable patriots, until their life ebbs, and their defects and gout, palsy and money, warp them. The Voice of Science in Nineteenth-Century Literature Representative Prose and Verse "I du," she replied in exact imitation of backwoodsman twang, and, taking a step or two downward, she stooped forward and appeared to be attentively eyeing her new acquaintance. Little Wolf A Tale of the Western Frontier A stranger will be surprised to find how deeply the average backwoodsman is versed in the petty subtleties of legal practice. Our Southern Highlanders The aid she had given the backwoodsman had afforded her the greatest pleasure. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z Being a canny backwoodsman, however, instead of going straight to the door, he went around behind the stable and looked in the window. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life There was a hungriness in his sharp, black eyes which would have been observed by any one other than these two backwoodsmen. In the Brooding Wild He liked the short guide more than ever; and in the same proportion detested the big Maine backwoodsman whose daughter Jim had run away with. The Boy Scouts in the Maine Woods The New Test for the Silver Fox Patrol The backwoodsmen through ruthless weeding-out of the normally sensitive have acquired a wonderful tolerance of swimming grease, doughy bread and half-fried cabbage; but, even so, they are gnawed by dyspepsia. Our Southern Highlanders The backwoodsman’s look was very eloquent, and his visitor equally quick of comprehension. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z He let the Indians alone, for a few minutes, and sent the right of the mounted backwoodsmen in a charge against the British. Boys' Book of Indian Warriors and Heroic Indian Women These two backwoodsmen, simple as the virgin forests to which they belonged, were not keen enough to observe this. In the Brooding Wild "Bowie's knife" gained much favor from those who tried it; and speedily the "bowie-knife" was being adopted by the hunters, backwoodsmen, desperadoes and all. Boys' Book of Frontier Fighters Once, as an experiment, I took a backwoodsman from the Smokies to Knoxville, and put him up at a good hotel. Our Southern Highlanders With this homely but sincere expression of his desires, the backwoodsman ceased to think of the deadly danger lately threatening himself. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z At the time of the Revolution, these backwoodsmen were still fighting with the savages, and so had not taken an active part in the war on the seaboard. Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools The young fellow that sold me these gloves'—showing a new pair on his hands—'would make as fine a backwoodsman as I ever saw—six feet high, and strong in proportion. Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement Unwarned, Captain De la Place and his garrison might be surprised and overwhelmed by these backwoodsmen. With Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga The chivalric regard for women that characterized our pioneers of the Far West is altogether lacking in the habits of the backwoodsman of Appalachia. Our Southern Highlanders The backwoodsman saw by the expression upon the Indian’s face, that his own surmise had been correct. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z The backwoodsmen once more came to the front, as they had done at King's Mountain, thirty-five years before. Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools But the smart black-eyed backwoodsman wound up with the utterly incredulous speech,— 'They left all them riches to come and settle in our bush! whew!' Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement It represents a backwoodsman rescuing his wife and child from an Indian who is in the act of smothering them in the folds of his blanket. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. You will seldom find a backwoodsman who knows what a Roman Catholic is. Our Southern Highlanders The truth is, that the backwoodsman was glad to get away from scenes where so much violence had been done to his feelings. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z Some of the younger backwoodsmen did not know what a white flag meant, and kept on firing. Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools Twelve of the most independent companies, and yet the most vigilant and best disciplined of all, were composed of backwoodsmen who had come on foot from four to eight hundred miles. The Little Book of the Flag Johnny told 242 admiringly how the backwoodsmen had reloaded their rifles while galloping. Gold We might expect such fiery individualism to cool gradually as population grew denser; but, oddly enough, crowding only intensifies it in the shy backwoodsman. Our Southern Highlanders As she turned to take her departure, a sudden idea struck the backwoodsman— “Why, what a durn’d old fool I am; I never axed her for her name.” The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z The backwoodsmen were mounted on swift, wiry horses. Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools The backwoodsman cast a side glance at the Indian, but it was only a momentary one, and he allowed his gaze to revert to the fire. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 367, May 1846 And then I saw what I had not noticed before: that at 240 the belt of each of the tall, silent young backwoodsmen hung one or more wet, heavy, red and black soggy strips. Gold Odd, though, that it should be preserved in America by none but backwoodsmen whose ancestors for two centuries never saw the tides! Our Southern Highlanders Like a knight of ancient chivalry, the backwoodsman stooped and kissed the proffered hand. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z Rough backwoodsmen broke through the underbrush and swamp-land a century ago. The Century Handbook of Writing The backwoodsman's wife stared at her interlocutor in great astonishment. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 367, May 1846 It differed little from others of its kind, save that the cattle were in better shape and the men walking alongside, of the tall, competent backwoodsman type, seemed well and hearty. Gold The native backwoodsman practices them as instinctively and with as little compunction upon his own species as upon the deer and the wolf from whom he learned them. Our Southern Highlanders Advancing cautiously towards the unconscious warrior, the old backwoodsman crept from tree to tree until he was close upon him. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z From millionaires who play the game for fortunes down to poor backwoodsmen who raffle for turkeys and hens, and children who toss pennies for marbles.” Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife "Then take your child back again," said the backwoodsman, in a decided tone, "I'll have nought to do with it." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 367, May 1846 The backwoodsman seemed attracted to the boy by this very quick and unsophisticated bubbling of candid youth; while the boy most 25 evidently worshipped his older companion as a symbol of the mysterious frontier. Gold The backwoodsmen were loyal to the new American Government—loyal to a man. Our Southern Highlanders The worthy backwoodsman believed that he had done a highly meritorious action in for ever disposing of that malevolent individual. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z The garrison consisted of three hundred thirty soldiers, traders, and backwoodsmen, besides about one hundred women and a greater number of children. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 The backwoodsman had found a clew to the labyrinth. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 4 October 1848 The gospel of self-reliance and of solitude is not preached more effectively by the philosophers of Concord than it is by the backwoodsmen, the spies, and the sailors of Fenimore Cooper. The American Mind The E. T. Earl Lectures There were few roads across the mountains, and these few were execrable—so bad, indeed, that it was impossible for the backwoodsmen to bring their corn and rye to market, except in a concentrated form. Our Southern Highlanders The speaker, a heavy-shouldered, long-legged backwoodsman, paused in his task of digging potatoes, leaned on the handle of his broad-tined digging fork, and bit off a liberal chew from his plug of black tobacco. The House in the Water A Book of Animal Stories A 'backwoodsman' is therefore the very best original type of a savage! Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy The backwoodsman swept his broad hand toward the south, to indicate the strip of woods that he desired to cross. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 4 October 1848 The backwoodsman is amusing to the man of the settlements, and the backwoodsman, in turn, gets his full share of amusement out of watching the "tenderfoot" in the woods. The American Mind The E. T. Earl Lectures The qualities of the raw backwoodsmen are printed from untouched negatives in the names he has left upon the map. Our Southern Highlanders Jabe had asked no questions, inquisitiveness being contrary to the backwoodsman’s code of etiquette; but his silence had been full of interrogation. The House in the Water A Book of Animal Stories Your dad and mine are both old backwoodsmen. The Fiery Totem A Tale of Adventure in the Canadian North-West Am I the man your backwoodsmen searched the house for, do you think? Rodney, the Ranger With Daniel Morgan on Trail and Battlefield We cannot help thinking that an army of backwoodsmen of the present day, or of Scotch Highlanders marked by the prevailing traits of the last century, would have fared better and suffered less. Leading Articles on Various Subjects Jerseys, and other blooded cattle thrive in the valleys, where there are no free ranges, but the backwoodsman does not want “critters that haffter be gentled and hand-fed.” Our Southern Highlanders From the time of Braddock's defeat until the close of the war, French traders, with savage allies, poured the vials of their wrath upon the encroaching settlements of the English backwoodsmen. Afloat on the Ohio An Historical Pilgrimage of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, from Redstone to Cairo This ignorant backwoodsman, who didn't look as though he knew enough to go in when it rained, had recognized the horse the moment he put his eyes on him. Rodney The Partisan The other was a big backwoodsman of twenty, whose life had been as obscure as that of a domestic animal. A Breath of Prairie and other stories They are God's pioneers, rough backwoodsmen, hewing their way with the axe through the wilderness. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors Quickly dropping the glass, and as rapidly rubbing the large lens and carefully adjusting the joints, he raised it again, as a backwoodsman does his rifle with an Indian for a mark. Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life Then later we read an editorial in The Times describing us as pioneers and backwoodsmen. From the St. Lawrence to the Yser with the 1st Canadian brigade He had always felt the big redheaded backwoodsman could never be hurt. Shaman Thus commanded, and the man at the stern paddle being supreme in a canoe, the backwoodsman obeyed with a curse. The Backwoodsmen The rigours of seven Canadian winters had bred a hardy spirit in this little backwoodsman, and besides what was there to dread in the forest? The Silver Maple The face of the backwoodsman worked spasmodically for a moment with an agitation against which his stoic training was no defense. The Roof Tree The logs are piled one above another, as the backwoodsman builds a log-fence. My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field The shambling backwoodsman held his coonskin cap in his hand as he approached the witness chair. Shaman Like most backwoodsmen, he had a dry sense of the ridiculous, and the gravity of his situation could not quite blind him to the humour of it. The Backwoodsmen "Well, sir, I reckon I may venture," said a hard-featured backwoodsman in a green hunting-shirt, whose pistols, if not quite so good as those wagered, were at any rate the next best. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 Swift as that spring was, that of the alert backwoodsman was just swift enough to elude it—in part. Kings in Exile From these and from the conversation of backwoodsmen and, more recently, of pirates, he had been forced to form all his conceptions of the world outside of his own experience. The Black Buccaneer The answer I got was a horse-laugh from a score of backwoodsmen. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 Thus the Boer riflemen possessed many of the characteristics of the same formidable type of irregular soldier as the backwoodsmen of America or the picked warriors of the Hindustan border. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government The whole group was surrounded by a grumbling crowd of backwoodsmen. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 To the practical backwoodsman there was no fuss or ceremony now to be gone through. Kings in Exile The black bear, and even the panther—or ‘painter,’ as our backwoodsmen have it—are still common in the Obion bottom; and indeed, all throughout the forests of the Reserve.” The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness Seldom or never had the risible nerves of the burly backwoodsmen on board the Ploughboy steamer, been so enormously tickled as by the discovery of this Yankee trick. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 With regard to the other animals mentioned, they all rank as noble game—especially the cougar, called “panther” by the backwoodsman—and the pack may follow whichever is first “scared up.” Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt The log-trap or “dead-fall”—often employed by American backwoodsmen for capturing the black bear—is also in use in India for trapping the tiger. The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains To be sure, Lone Wolf was not by any means the only beast whom the backwoodsman had performing for the delectation of his audiences. Kings in Exile The numerous creeks, however, had been baptised; and evidently by the backwoodsmen themselves, as the titles indicated. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness There was a deafening "Hurrah for the honourable Mistress Howard!" as the party of backwoodsmen walked off towards the gentlemen's cabin; and then things became quieter. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 These gambusinos are to mining industry, what the backwoodsmen are to agriculture and commerce. Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora Though, perhaps, a little piqued that a stranger—a mere youth as I then was—should have conquered one of their bullies, these backwoodsmen are not intensely clannish, and Bully Bill was no favourite. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West Meanwhile, it is characteristic that Sinclair and Young regarded wastes as a backwoodsman regarded a forest. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. From the description given me by the young backwoodsman, I knew the man before me to be Hickman Holt the squatter. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness "Humbug!" growled a score of backwoodsmen, some of whom began to close round the Yankee, as if to make sure of him and his worthless wares. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 They were a strange mixture of men, including long-limbed, hard-faced backwoodsmen, Portuguese and Norwegian seamen, dark-skinned Spaniards and swarthy Frenchmen, besides about 1,000 militiamen selected from the Creoles of Louisiana. The Mentor: The War of 1812 Volume 4, Number 3, Serial Number 103; 15 March, 1916. For a backwoodsman, who is not supposed to have experience, it is very well put together. That Girl Montana At present the whole territory, from Lake Superior down to the southern boundary of what is now Kentucky, belonged to the state of Virginia, whose backwoodsmen had conquered it from England in 1779. The Critical Period of American History I longed, therefore, for a friend—one to whom I could confide my secret, and unbosom my sorrow; and I sought that friend in the young backwoodsman. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness While the backwoodsmen were having their laugh out, he took hold of the teapot, examined it deliberately on all sides, at front and back, inside and out, and then shook his head gravely. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 The gratuitous exposure to the climate, which the backwoodsman seems rather to court than avoid, is a subject of common remark. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West O'Hara, although a skillful backwoodsman, was not equal to his savage companion; but he saw at once, from the dainty impress of the earth, that he was correct in supposing that Edith had stood there. The Riflemen of the Miami Before this business had been completed, North Carolina repealed her act of cession, and warned the backwoodsmen to return to their allegiance. The Critical Period of American History Shortly after leaving the cabin of this young backwoodsman, my path, hitherto passing under the gloomy shadows of the forest, debouched upon just such a scene. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness Upon the word, the backwoodsmen caught hold of the negro's limbs, and began pulling and tugging at them till the poor devil roared as if they had been impaling him. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 Every backwoodsman carries on all occasions, the means of furnishing his meat. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West As we have hinted in the preceding pages, O'Hara was a most skillful backwoodsman, having few superiors among those of his own color. The Riflemen of the Miami The behaviour of these Tennessee backwoodsmen was just what might have been expected. The Critical Period of American History The young backwoodsman is poor; the schoolmaster perhaps a little better off; in all probability not much, but enough to decide the preference of the shrewd Marian.” The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness Four of these were hardy backwoodsmen of experience, whose business it was to take care of the baggage and keep the party supplied with game. The Farmer Boy, and How He Became Commander-In-Chief The rough, sturdy habits of the backwoodsmen, living in that plenty which depends on God and nature, have laid the foundation of independent thought and feeling deep in the minds of western people. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West A motley crowd of Andrew Jackson inaugurated backwoodsmen and mountaineers, who had supported Jackson, crushed into the White House shouting for "Old Hickory." A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) The people of Virginia sympathized with the backwoodsmen, but her great statesmen realized the importance of both interests and the danger of a conflict between them. The Critical Period of American History And this was the grand beauty upon which the young backwoodsman had so enthusiastically descanted. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness He proceeded upon this journey, and was crossing through Tennessee when death overtook him, at the cabin of a backwoodsman where he had stopped for the night. Lewis and Clark Meriwether Lewis and William Clark The backwoodsmen are a generous and placable race. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West They had clearly made good use of the weeks they had spent in eluding pursuit, and had become in their way very fair backwoodsmen. Two Daring Young Patriots or, Outwitting the Huns But as Cornstalk could not induce his men to renew the conflict, and inasmuch as they retreated before morning to the Indian shore, the victory must be held to be with the backwoodsmen. A Virginia Scout With his eye he measures the altitude of the sun—the watch of the backwoodsman—and as the bright orb rises higher in the heavens, his spirits appear to sink in proportion. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness It was sudden and spontaneous, and just the way the old backwoodsman felt. The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 To the boy, he resembled a backwoodsman encircled by a barber’s huge apron. Panther Eye "All right, sir," responded the backwoodsman, not without curiosity. Tom, The Bootblack or, The Road to Success In an instant there were a score of individual combats, backwoodsman and savage being clinched in a death-struggle with ax and knife. A Virginia Scout The portrait of Frank Wingrove—a dashing young backwoodsman, whose calling is the chase. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness "Here's two more fellers for the darnse," said the landlord, who was pouring out a glass of spiced cider for a sturdy young backwoodsman who had evidently just arrived. Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 ‘And would these have made you content to be a backwoodsman all your life?’ Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster "You will give me a thousand dollars?" exclaimed the backwoodsman, opening wide his eyes in astonishment. Tom, The Bootblack or, The Road to Success So let the youngsters of the new day learn 6 the truth; that is, that the backwoodsmen clung to their homes although suffering most hideously. A Virginia Scout “Ah! capt’n,” continued the backwoodsman with a sigh, while an expression of profound sadness pervaded his features, “thar’s uglier news still.” The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness The tradition used to be, that at first he incurred somewhat the derision of his neighbors, better skilled in backwoodsman’s lore than himself, by hacking all around a tree, in order to get it down. Log-book of Timothy Boardman Kept On Board The Privateer Oliver Cromwell, During A Cruise From New London, Ct., to Charleston, S. C., And Return, In 1778; Also, A Biographical Sketch of The Author. She was early dressed, and wishing the backwoodsman were anywhere but in Owen’s room. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster But it was not as a gaping backwoodsman he viewed its sights. Flip's "Islands of Providence" Huge pot-pies were hurried from all the cabins to where the backwoodsmen were waiting to prove their appetites. A Virginia Scout Truly had she merited the praises which the young backwoodsman had oft lavished upon her. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness The trail was that of a gaunt, tan-faced backwoodsman, on his way to a lumber camp a few miles down the other side of the lake. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life Who but Jasper would have seen behind the features of that young, sinewy backwoodsman the soul of the leader and liberator? In The Boyhood of Lincoln A Tale of the Tunker Schoolmaster and the Times of Black Hawk No more terrible contestant could have appeared against the rebellious South than the quiet, gaunt backwoodsman who had placed himself in the President's chair by reason of his character alone. A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D. The war may be here, in Virginia, among the backwoodsmen. A Virginia Scout The young backwoodsman rose to his feet; and silently, but with rather an awkward grace, walked towards the tent—not Marian’s. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness The backwoodsman, as he drank, held a tight grip on the rope. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life Mark Twain’s humor is of the kind that teamsters use in bantering with each other, and his laugh is the gruff “haw-haw” of the backwoodsman. A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays Garry's father, known to the backwoodsmen as "Moose" Boone, is a wealthy lumberman. The Ranger Boys and the Border Smugglers The trouble comes from the frontier people’s failure to understand that His Majesty’s government has any right to forbid backwoodsmen from taking 101 over any Indian lands which happen to hit the fancy. A Virginia Scout Marian blushed; while the young backwoodsman, although turning equally red at the allusion, had the courage to stammer out, that he always “thort his cabin war big enough for two.” The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness But at this moment, while he hesitated, he heard a man's voice shouting loudly, and saw the tall backwoodsman running toward him up the hill. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life The ground was rough, but Life was a thorough backwoodsman and easily pointed out the best trail. An Undivided Union It seemed at once to have established us upon a footing of harmony and friendship with the rough backwoodsmen amongst whom we had fallen. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 The backwoodsmen were up, said the scout; half of the people beyond the mountains were under arms and on the march. Historical Tales, Vol. 2 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Who should it be, but the young backwoodsman—now transformed into a prosperous planter? The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness The glances which, from time to time, he cast upon the backwoodsman at the other end of the rope became wary, calculating, and hostile. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life Louise was an excellent girl, sensible, prudent, active, and cheerful—uniting, in short, all the qualities desirable in a backwoodsman’s wife. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 He handled his axe like a real backwoodsman; but the Spaniards wanted either the skill or the strength of arm, and they made little impression. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 An express was sent to William Campbell, who had under him four hundred of the backwoodsmen of Southwest Virginia, asking him to join their ranks. Historical Tales, Vol. 2 (of 15) The Romance of Reality With equal facility was accomplished the metamorphosis of the young backwoodsman, but not so easily that of Sure-shot. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness An Indian, or hardy backwoodsman, could alone have existed under such circumstances. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America Mr. Grant, like all settlers and backwoodsmen, had a profound respect and veneration for his weapons. Hope and Have or, Fanny Grant Among the Indians, A Story for Young People As brave a backwoodsman as ever crossed the Mississippi lies buried there. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 The plans of backwoodsmen, once formed, are always quickly put in execution. The Wild Man of the West A Tale of the Rocky Mountains An emotion of most rancorous bitterness was burning in the breast of the young backwoodsman. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness I acquired all the arts of the backwoodsman, and soon became quite skilful. Field and Forest The Fortunes of a Farmer And, not many years ago, an old pork-gobbling backwoodsman threw his frying pan into the river because I had cooked frogs' legs in it. Woodcraft We accordingly pushed on through the dense foliage, Captain Nockelles, a hardy backwoodsman, leading. In the Wilds of Florida A Tale of Warfare and Hunting The backwoodsmen no longer showed any signs of surprise or hesitancy. The Wild Man of the West A Tale of the Rocky Mountains I found them, however, doing well, and though I was only a rough sort of a backwoodsman, they seemed mighty glad to see me, however little the quality folks might suppose it. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 Some tribes of North American Indians used to store their corn, and even their dried meat and pemmican, in similar underground holes, which the French backwoodsmen called caches. Chatterbox, 1906 A dozen able and interesting authors have written books wherein trout, flies and fly-fishing are treated in a manner that leaves an old backwoodsman little to say. Woodcraft The most experienced backwoodsman of our party had examined the ground as we came along in search of Indian trails, but none of recent date had been perceived. In the Wilds of Florida A Tale of Warfare and Hunting Thus, it will be seen that March Marston was quite a learned youth for a backwoodsman, besides being a hero and a “madman.” The Wild Man of the West A Tale of the Rocky Mountains About the middle of September, the two backwoodsmen moved down to Elkhorn Bottom, leaving Robins in charge of the cattle. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands For this reason, the tree is known among backwoodsmen as the ‘scaly bark.’ The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness That is the question I once asked the wife of one of our backwoodsmen. The Lost Despatch When all were counted—backwoodsmen, regulars, city volunteers, negroes, Indians, and all—the whole army numbered only 2131 men! Strange Stories from History for Young People “Prairie-hens,” muttered the elder of the two—a big, burly backwoodsman—as he turned towards his companion with a quiet smile. The Wild Man of the West A Tale of the Rocky Mountains Why," answered the backwoodsman, "I like the country well enough. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands He went about as a backwoodsman naturally does, without posturing or swagger. The Arena Volume 4, No. 23, October, 1891 Many suppose that he was a rough, coarse backwoodsman, almost as savage as the bears he pursued in the chase, or the Indians whose terrors he so perseveringly braved. Daniel Boone The Pioneer of Kentucky He looked like the greenest sort of a backwoodsman when he had his "make-up" on. Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi Hence the backwoodsman acquires the habit of turning all things in his path to account, or notes them in case they should, by any possibility, be required by him at a future time. The Wild Man of the West A Tale of the Rocky Mountains He himself was no amateur, but he could not compete with the stalwart backwoodsmen. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands Such are those which shed their leaves, maple, birch, oak, beech, and others, all destined soon to fall before the sturdy backwoodsman’s axe. Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading A stranger from the old States chose to doff his ruffles, his broad-cloth and his cue rather than endure the scoff and ridicule of the backwoodsman. Daniel Boone The Pioneer of Kentucky That sport was to be a fire-hunt; but not as usually practised among backwoodsmen, by carrying a torch through the woods. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire His costume was the ordinary leather hunting-shirt and leggings of a backwoodsman, and, although deeply bronzed, his colour not less than his blue eyes and brown hair told that he was not an Indian. The Wild Man of the West A Tale of the Rocky Mountains Roosevelt brought his two backwoodsmen straight to the Maltese Cross. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands But every gun was like an additional limb to those practised marksmen, who knew little of firing in platoons, but everything of the patient accuracy which gives the backwoodsman his unerring aim. A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III Now it is well-known to trappers and backwoodsmen generally that the most wary of foxes, which cannot by any means be caught by one trap, may sometimes be circumvented by two traps. The Eagle Cliff I had an opportunity, after dinner, to inspect the camp of the "Bucktails," a regiment of Pennsylvania backwoodsmen, whose efficiency as skirmishers has been adverted to by all chroniclers of the civil war. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War These men are to the Mexican frontier pretty much what the hunter and backwoodsman are upon the borders of the Anglo-American settlements. The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico Sewall went with him, for he wanted the backwoodsman to accompany him on the trip to the Big Horn Mountains. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands The mode of securing him was suggested by Stanfield, the backwoodsman: it was simple and safe. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse Therefore, the backwoodsman will be acquainted with the locality, and may strike for the trail he has himself taken. The Death Shot A Story Retold The rifle and axe of the backwoodsman, the canoe and the weapons of the Indian, are the result of long years of experiment, and perfectly meet their necessities. Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873 “Settlers direct from the old country would have been appalled with the difficulties the well-trained backwoodsmen have overcome.” Janet McLaren The Faithful Nurse Bill," he said to Sewall, remembering the backwoodsman's pessimism, "you were mistaken about those cows. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands There were only three or four of the rangers who carried the hunter-rifle—a very different weapon from the “regulation” piece—old backwoodsmen who had been indulged in their whim. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse Far more like it is Woodley—the terrible backwoodsman, as ever after him? The Death Shot A Story Retold Rough backwoodsmen, blacksmiths, carpenters, and ploughmen have from the first been able to secure good wages in Australia. Peter Biddulph The Story of an Australian Settler Substantial justice, secured in the most direct way, was the ideal of the backwoodsman. The Frontier in American History He told the backwoodsman that he did not care what became of himself; he had nothing to live for, he said. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands “Have you got it, Stanfield?” asked the botanist, addressing himself to a Kentucky backwoodsman of that name. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse No common men either; but most of them accustomed to the use of arms; many backwoodsmen, born borderers, staunch as steel. The Death Shot A Story Retold She was tossed and caught from one big backwoodsman to another, the dances being "cut-in" shamelessly, because the women were fewer than the men. I've Married Marjorie But even this backwoodsman was more than a mere destroyer. The Frontier in American History He left Fisher unharmed and turned his attention to the two backwoodsmen from Maine who were holding down the most desirable claim north of Medora for an Eastern tenderfoot. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands He led an army of fishermen, backwoodsmen, farmers, who had left their employments at their country's call. The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, February, 1886. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, February, 1886. The backwoodsman who tracked him in the forests of Mississippi, now trailing him upon the prairies of Texas, Simeon Woodley ever pursuing him! The Death Shot A Story Retold George Rogers Clark, the bold backwoodsman of Kentucky, captured Kaskaskia, Cahokia, and Vincennes, and gave the new States that valid claim to the west which was fully recognised in the treaty of peace. Canada But it was in this period that hundreds of North Carolina backwoodsmen crossed the mountains to Tennessee and Kentucky, many of them coming from the heart of the Regulator region. The Frontier in American History He had two friends in Maine, backwoodsmen mighty with the axe, and born to the privations of the frontier, whom he decided to take with him if he could. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands Among the peasants and colliers of England, among the backwoodsmen of America, swept an uplifting wave of love, joy, and hope. The Chief End of Man For he, too, sees a familiar face, that of Simeon Woodley; and under the impression he is himself recognised, mechanically pronounces the backwoodsman’s name. The Death Shot A Story Retold That evening a hunter, haggard, his clothes all in tatters, found his way to a backwoodsman's hut over in White's Valley. The Youth's Companion Volume LII, Number 11, Thursday, March 13, 1879 The backwoodsman was intolerant of men who split hairs, or scrupled over the method of reaching the right. The Frontier in American History Then, in the autumn, being backwoodsmen, they took a contract to cut cordwood, and all that winter worked together up the river at Sawmill Bottom, cutting timber. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands As a true patriot, I should be ashamed to think that Adam in paradise was more favourably situated on the whole than the backwoodsman in this country. Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American Every backwoodsman among them can testify to this. The Death Shot A Story Retold The American backwoodsmen ride better in the woods than any other people. The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 For formal law and the subtleties of State sovereignty he had the contempt of a backwoodsman. The Frontier in American History It might come from a backwoodsman’s hut, or it might be simply that of a camp fire. Adventures in the Far West By May, 1778, however, he had secured one hundred and fifty backwoodsmen from the western reaches of Virginia. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 The simple, but solemn speech, makes an impression on the assembled backwoodsmen difficult to be described. The Death Shot A Story Retold The judge always began in these words: 'The backwoodsman's hatred of the Indian has been a topic for some remark. The Confidence-Man The backwoodsmen knew that under the free opportunities of his life the abler man would reveal himself, and show them the way. The Frontier in American History We might, if we were North American backwoodsmen or Red Indians; but I can scarcely follow. The Gorilla Hunters The fancy seemed to be mutual, for, after a tearful farewell to the Guardian, the Mouse went off with the backwoodsman quite contentedly. Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure He does in an occasional curse, which might be accompanied by a cuff, did he not keep well out of the backwoodsman’s way. The Death Shot A Story Retold As with the 'possum, instincts prevail with the backwoodsman over precepts. The Confidence-Man Thus this family epitomizes the backwoodsman's advance across the continent. The Frontier in American History “Whoever got it wouldn’t have much to brag of,” remarked a burly young backwoodsman, as he joined them. The Dog Crusoe and his Master “And the daughters would make such splendid wives for backwoodsmen,” says another. Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure “Who?” asks the backwoodsman, rising erect, “show me the man.” The Death Shot A Story Retold Be that how it will, the backwoodsman is not without some fineness to his nature. The Confidence-Man Together these rivers made up the "Western World" of the pioneers of the Revolutionary era; the "Western Waters" of the backwoodsmen. The Frontier in American History He was too good a backwoodsman, albeit so young, to feel perplexed as to the points of the compass. The Dog Crusoe and his Master I left home, against her will, with a party of backwoodsmen, my heart being set on what I once thought would be the free and jolly life of a hunter in the great American wilderness. The Big Otter The backwoodsman does not remain much longer prostrate; only a second to assure himself whence the sound proceeds. The Death Shot A Story Retold If with either it prove faulty, if the 'possum's betray it to the trap, or the backwoodsman's mislead him into ambuscade, there are consequences to be undergone, but no self-blame. The Confidence-Man No sound was heard except the light plash of the paddles as the two backwoodsmen urged their little canoe swiftly along. Away in the Wilderness Charley’s powers of description were by no means inconsiderable, and the backwoodsman’s face assumed a look of good-humoured attention as the story proceeded. The Young Fur Traders No backwoodsman of Kentucky was ever more perfect in the use of his pea-rifle or more certain of his aim than was Annatock with his murderous whip. Ungava Even the sheriff does not know what bulges out the coat-skirts of the two backwoodsmen. The Death Shot A Story Retold Like the 'possum, the backwoodsman presents the spectacle of a creature dwelling exclusively among the works of God, yet these, truth must confess, breed little in him of a godly mind. The Confidence-Man A slight and rapidly eaten meal sufficed to prepare these hardy backwoodsmen for their journey, and, long before daybreak illumined the plains, they were far on their way towards the Sawback mountain range. Twice Bought It was simple; a few mouthfuls of dried meat and a tin can of hot tea—the backwoodsman’s greatest luxury, next to his pipe. Silver Lake It would have been difficult for them even to have found their way back to the Red River Settlement without the aid of the scholastic backwoodsman. The Red Man's Revenge A Tale of The Red River Flood The backwoodsman is not above believing in spiritual existences, and for an instant he is under a spell of the supernatural. The Death Shot A Story Retold The tide of emigration, let it roll as it will, never overwhelms the backwoodsman into itself; he rides upon advance, as the Polynesian upon the comb of the surf. The Confidence-Man With a shout of joyful surprise he ran to him, and, we need scarcely add, was warmly received by the kindly backwoodsman. Twice Bought It was a perplexing situation even for a backwoodsman. The Prairie Chief It must not be supposed that the life of a backwoodsman is all pleasure and excitement. The Red Man's Revenge A Tale of The Red River Flood Half frantic with this fear, he rashes distractedly over the ground, calling out the backwoodsman’s name. The Death Shot A Story Retold Not that the backwoodsman ever used those words, you see, but the judge found him expression for his meaning. The Confidence-Man Saying this the bold backwoodsman shook Mackenzie by the hand and left the room. The Pioneers Thus Clay had turned the backwoodsmen and their methods against the original backwoods statesman, and brought about a restoration of the old régime. Expansion and Conflict Owing to some defect in his vision or nervous system, he was a remarkably bad shot, though in everything else he was an expert and stalwart backwoodsman, as well as a good scholar. The Red Man's Revenge A Tale of The Red River Flood The distance is still too great for the range of rifles, and backwoodsmen do not idly waste ammunition. The Death Shot A Story Retold The instinct of antipathy against an Indian grows in the backwoodsman with the sense of good and bad, right and wrong. The Confidence-Man In 1779, while the States were wrangling over their Western lands, a little band of valiant backwoodsmen won a victory which gave substance to their claims and made their cessions something more than waste paper. Beginnings of the American People Who could have recognised in the energetic, high-spirited backwoodsman Philip had become, the refined and somewhat sedate and stiff young student of a year ago. The Log House by the Lake A Tale of Canada On ordinary occasions a backwoodsman pays some little attention to the comforts of his encampment, but our heroes were in no condition to mind such trifles. The Red Man's Revenge A Tale of The Red River Flood On kicking the loose cover aside, they see it is a rifle—not of the kind common among backwoodsmen. The Death Shot A Story Retold What avails, then, that some one Indian, or some two or three, treat a backwoodsman friendly-like? The Confidence-Man “Do you draw?” he asked, with a look of surprise, probably thinking that such an art was not likely to be possessed by a young backwoodsman. In the Rocky Mountains Duty had made him turn backwoodsman; his inclination would certainly have led him in a different course of life. The Log House by the Lake A Tale of Canada His first thought was to steal their horses, and thus leave them incapable of pursuing further, but Ian Macdonald was too much of a backwoodsman to give a foe the opportunity to do this. The Red Man's Revenge A Tale of The Red River Flood It may be that the Mississippian backwoodsman, Woodley, could give a better account of these singular excrescences than all the closet scientists in the world. The Death Shot A Story Retold When to his due share of this the backwoodsman adds his private passion, we have then the stock out of which is formed, if formed at all, the Indian-hater par excellence.' The Confidence-Man As soon as we had fixed on them, Nobs threw off all his outer clothing, and with his gleaming axe began chopping away like a true backwoodsman at one of the largest of the trees. Hurricane Hurry To commence the life of a backwoodsman, he must have health and strength, with the other qualifications you have mentioned. The Log House by the Lake A Tale of Canada Never mind what the rough backwoodsman would say to my conduct. Dick Onslow Among the Redskins A question almost instantly answered in the negative; by old backwoodsmen among the mustered crowd—hunters who know how to interpret “sign” as surely as Champollion an Egyptian hieroglyph. The Death Shot A Story Retold Two men, seeing us coming, advanced towards us: one of them was a sturdy, strong, bold fellow, but the other had nothing of the backwoodsman about him in appearance. With Axe and Rifle Our friends Reuben and Dora both married happily, and we, who were once hardy backwoodsmen, became quiet and contented citizens. Afar in the Forest Philip was too good a backwoodsman to have left home without his axe and match-box. The Log House by the Lake A Tale of Canada I threw off more of the snow; I could see, by the faint light of the moon, that little more than a skeleton remained; the dress, however, was there; it was that of a backwoodsman. Dick Onslow Among the Redskins So believe the backwoodsmen, soon as setting their eyes on it. The Death Shot A Story Retold It was very evident that they had no experience as backwoodsmen, or they would have discovered my trail. With Axe and Rifle My uncles had been imbued with the restless spirit of backwoodsmen, and Aunt Hannah was ready to do whatever Uncle Stephen wished. Afar in the Forest “A very creditable edifice; really, Mr Philip, you were born a backwoodsman,” exclaimed Mr Norman. The Log House by the Lake A Tale of Canada I pretended to be paddling down the stream, till I was certain they were out of sight; but I was not going to desert my friends in that way; such is not the backwoodsman’s law. Dick Onslow Among the Redskins In each case they fought the victors, as far as they could get at them in the persons of the hapless backwoodsmen and their wives and children. Stories Of Ohio Even the American backwoodsman who was forced to live on crows did not seem very favourably impressed. The Weathercock Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias In the course of a year or two you may become expert backwoodsmen. Afar in the Forest Well, I’m like the Yankee backwoodsman, Mark, my lad. Mother Carey's Chicken Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle None but a seaman or a backwoodsman could have accomplished the undertaking so rapidly, if at all. Dick Onslow Among the Redskins These backwoodsmen did not change greatly, in their way of life, during that long Indian war of forty years. Stories Of Ohio A backwoodsman, who never worked at a farm, although he may be much in the habit of seeing farmers, has not always just conceptions. Canada and the Canadians, Vol. 2 I had noticed Lincoln in conversation with several leather-legging gentry like himself, whom I knew from their costume and appearance to be backwoodsmen. The Rifle Rangers Rough backwoodsman though he be, he can tell them to be looks of love. The Lone Ranche Having run over all the settled parts, of which I got a tolerable bird’s-eye view, I took it into my head that I should like to see something of real backwoodsman’s life. Dick Onslow Among the Redskins The backwoodsmen themselves seem not to have been ashamed of their work, though it is said that Williamson could never be got to speak of it. Stories Of Ohio Backwoods and backwoodsmen are novelties which amuse for the moment. Canada and the Canadians, Vol. 2 Captain Williams was a tall, cadaverous backwoodsman, who had lost his health in the war. Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863 Sitting down upon it, and making sign to Hamersley, still with the same mysterious air, to do likewise, the backwoodsman at length begins to unburden himself. The Lone Ranche I called one Gog and the other Magog, names about which the honest backwoodsmen, who had never heard even of Guildhall, knew nothing. Dick Onslow Among the Redskins The backwoodsmen took this peace for a sign that they might now cross the river from New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia to settle in the Ohio country; and they were soon there by hundreds. Stories Of Ohio The dress of this individual was singular, his manners and deportment that of a backwoodsman.” Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII Parson Collins, shrewd backwoodsman, ready for fight or prayer. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 On the 7th of October the backwoodsmen stormed the mountain, Ferguson was shot through the heart, 400 of his men were killed and wounded, and all the rest, 700 in number, surrendered at discretion. The War of Independence As they came streaming past our advance I called to a sergeant, an old backwoodsman whose courage I knew, and asked him of the battle and why he was not fighting. The Tory Maid They seemed to go, but in reality they staid, and wherever the backwoodsman planted his foot west of the Ohio, he never turned his face eastward again. Stories Of Ohio A backwoodsman saw him coming, and ran to meet him. The Boy Land Boomer Dick Arbuckle's Adventures in Oklahoma He was remembering fireside legends, horrible enough to raise the hair on a sophisticated, educated boy's head; much more horrible, then, to a young backwoodsman like Rick. The Young Mountaineers Short Stories An Irish gentleman, resident in Canada, was desirous to persuade his sons to work as backwoodsmen, instead of drinking champagne at something more than a dollar a bottle. The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings He was a man of generous feeling, honorable impulses, and a cheerful humor, which had endeared him to the homely backwoodsmen of his State. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis But unless something of it is told we cannot have a true notion of what the life of our backwoodsmen was. Stories Of Ohio The direct and primitive movements of the backwoodsman's mind may seem to the sophisticated intelligence peculiar; but they are easy to comprehend. Earth's Enigmas A Volume of Stories The two men were guided by very different principles, those of Hurry Harry being entirely selfish, while Deerslayer sought, backwoodsman though he was, to live up to what he called 'white-man's nature.' Chatterbox, 1905. The brave Indian chief was scalped by the white backwoodsmen and skinned and the body thrown into the woods a prey to wolves. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom Descendants of the Puritans mingled in the pioneer throng with rangers from Virginia and backwoodsmen from Pennsylvania. The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country He was always an Indian; even at his best he was a savage, just as the backwoodsman was a savage at his worst. Stories Of Ohio The emotion which the great Virginian stirred in the breasts of his backwoodsmen seems very absurd to this cultured Englishman. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 "Do you draw?" he asked, with a look of surprise, probably thinking that such an art was not likely to be possessed by a young backwoodsman. In the Rocky Mountains A Tale of Adventure For Hugh had wrenched the staff from him and was holding the hand that gripped the stiletto, while the lad, with streaming tears, plunged, whined and gnashed at the backwoodsman. Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi It was an odd room for the shack of a backwoodsman. Joyce of the North Woods The rough backwoodsmen broke into tears when the father came up and at sight of the poor shelter called out, "Oh, Lydia, Lydia, my dear child, are you yet alive?" Stories Of Ohio He was distressed now; he found, only with a keen feeling of utter alienation, he was one lone backwoodsman against San Francisco, scorning him, ready to trample him under foot. The She Boss A Western Story So the mountaineer of to-day is the transplanted colonist of the eighteenth century; he is the backwoodsman of the days of Andrew Jackson; his life has the hospitality, the genuineness and simplicity of the pioneer. Sergeant York And His People He heard the low whistle of a backwoodsman's improvised tune, and looking up, saw a man leaning against the door-facing. The Starbucks Knowing the ways of St. Angé men he felt sure the letter from "the backwoodsman" to Joyce would be several days, or a week, in materializing, perhaps much longer. Joyce of the North Woods But in the sort of backwoodsman he had been there was such stuff as renegades were made of. Stories Of Ohio Soon she realized that no ordinary mind lay dormant back of the well-formed forehead of this tender-hearted backwoodsman. The She Boss A Western Story Mr. Summers only smiled; and then I tried the Hoosier States, where they are 'half horse and half alligator;' his figure was somewhat in the backwoodsman style. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 6, December 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Squads of Grenadiers, Highlanders, Creoles, and Tennessee backwoodsmen blindly fought each other in the fog with knives, fists, bayonets, and musket butts. The Fight for a Free Sea: A Chronicle of the War of 1812 The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 17 There ain't a home in all these here United States that don't owe its happiness to the backwoodsman. The Boy With the U. S. Foresters The backwoodsmen looked on them as the spies and allies of the savages, and the savages on their side believed them in league with the Americans. Stories Of Ohio "Fust time truth ever come from the editor of The Western World!" growled a backwoodsman in buckskin breeches. A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett How this was done we shall see if we turn our attention to those early hunters and backwoodsmen who did great service to our country as pioneers in opening up new lands. Stories of Later American History If we went back of my uncle, we should only come to backwoodsmen and Indian fighters. A Chance Acquaintance But if the backwoodsman forgot for the moment he was likely to be missin' his scalp-lock, or if he tried to take a holiday it meant his family would go hungry. The Boy With the U. S. Foresters The backwoodsmen had hardly a chance to practice the Indians' arts against them before the rout began. Stories Of Ohio The backwoodsman roused himself from his stooping posture and sat glaring at the editor. A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett Every backwoodsman must be able to use the rifle to good effect, for he has to provide his own meat and protect himself and his family from attack. Stories of Later American History Most backwoodsmen were bred to the gun; he has told us that he shot a turkey when he was eight and never afterwards shot at all. Abraham Lincoln Wilbur thought to himself that perhaps "backwoodsman" was not quite a fair idea of the great President's Illinois upbringing, but he thought it wiser not to argue the point to no profit. The Boy With the U. S. Foresters The backwoodsmen joined Wells in talk with his friends, urging them to do what they could for peace among their people, and left them to paddle away in their canoe unharmed. Stories Of Ohio Garrulous Old Jim attempted no sarcastic criticism; he rolled his blear eyes in the direction of the backwoodsman and shook his head as if to say, "I give it up." A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett They were anxious 252lest this plain man of the people, this awkward backwoodsman, should not be able to lead the nation in those dark and troubled days. Stories of Later American History The Consul, Mr. Cowan, is a good fellow, and Mr. Lightfoot, his chum, is a real backwoodsman, full of histories of adventures, fights, "natives," and wars in many lands. My War Experiences in Two Continents He liked Abe's bunkie, the boy Sanders, who was from Maine, while Abe was a Westerner—the lineal descendant in frame, cast of mind, and character of the border backwoodsman of the Revolution. Crittenden A Kentucky Story of Love and War This was that Old Chillicothe, which has been so often mentioned before, and here Dunmore made peace with the Indians, instead of punishing them, as the backwoodsmen expected. Stories Of Ohio The drinks having been paid for, the entire company, led by the backwoodsman, left the store and hurried to the court-house. A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett The French people living there have never mingled with the American backwoodsmen. Stories of Later American History A race less hardy than the backwoodsmen were tempted by the calm to migrate to those delightful solitudes, that bloomed with more than Arcadian fascinations of fruitfulness and beauty. Great Indian Chief of the West Or, Life and Adventures of Black Hawk Of course, this was a savage impulse, only worthy of a half-civilized backwoodsman, but happily he kept it down out of sight, and his companion filled up the pause. A Canadian Heroine, Volume 3 A Novel It was most frequented by rough backwoodsmen and farmers, and to that class the noisy party seemed to belong. A Canadian Heroine, Volume 2 A Novel "I shall have to turn backwoodsman at once," he said to himself, "or miner, like those fellows we saw at the Sault." A Canadian Heroine, Volume 1 A Novel A deadly struggle was going on here, you remember, with the Indians, who had been roused by the British against the backwoodsmen, and in this struggle Clark became a leader. Stories of Later American History I wanted to see where this gentlemanly backwoodsman spent the days which were not lived on the road. Contrary Mary Besides these, Captain Trent, with a band of backwoodsmen, had crossed the mountain to build a fort at the forks of the Ohio, where Pittsburgh now stands. With Wolfe in Canada The Winning of a Continent Suddenly he stooped and rose again with a backwoodsman's rifle in his hands, and his voice sheared the breathless silence like the snarl of a wild beast at bay. The Quickening "Now, my opinion is that Hawk-Eye was not much of a backwoodsman, after all," said Frank, who was in the habit of commenting upon and criticising every thing he read. Frank Among The Rancheros Then his flatboats, manned by tall backwoodsmen in their picturesque dress, rowed or floated cautiously down the Ohio River. Stories of Later American History Abe raised a great laugh with a humorous anecdote in which he imitated the dialect and manners of a Kentucky backwoodsman. A Man for the Ages A Story of the Builders of Democracy Being a skillful backwoodsman, he acted as guide to the men, proceeding, in spite of his years, at a rate which cost them considerable effort to equal. Oonomoo the Huron Cooper's backwoodsman, hearing an inaudible roll-call had responded "Here!" a score of years before Thackeray's old soldier had become again a child to answer "Adsum!" Inquiries and Opinions "O, I like the country well enough; but belonging, as I do, to one of the oldest and wealthiest families of the State of Kentucky, I can find no congenial society among these backwoodsmen." Frank Among The Rancheros As he raised his eyes to the face of the strange backwoodsman standing out clearly in the light of the torches, he sprang to his feet with a piercing war-whoop. Stories of Later American History It could scarcely be thought that such pride should be spent on a little pelt, by a mere backwoodsman and his nine-year-old son. The Going of the White Swan The hog that can make his own living, run like a deer, and drink out of a jug, has done more for the pioneer and the backwoodsman than any other animal. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm What chance, then, had this little force of backwoodsmen, commanded by an ignorant and untrained general? American Men of Action "I'll teach these backwoodsmen manners, before I am done with them." Frank Among The Rancheros This is only one of the many narrow escapes of this fearless backwoodsman. Stories of Later American History "This," said Mrs. Clifford, "was once known, in the choice language of the backwoodsmen, as a 'briar-patch;' and when people died, it was said they 'winked out.'" Dotty Dimple Out West He looked more than ever like a backwoodsman, but it was quite evident that he was pleased with his surroundings. The Odds And Other Stories An unknown page 122 backwoodsman, like Andrew Jackson, with no favors to return and no friendships to be remembered, could have acted far more effectively. American Men of Action There was a settlement in the neighborhood of New Salem called Clary's Grove, where lived a group of restless, rollicking backwoodsmen with a strong liking for various forms of frontier athletics and rough practical jokes. A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History When they heard what Clark and his backwoodsmen had done, they crowded to Kaskaskia to see for themselves. Stories of Later American History Yet his person was tall and well developed; symmetrical and manly; rather slight, perhaps, as was proper to his immaturity; but not wanting in what the backwoodsmen call heft. Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia "Oh!" howled the disgusted backwoodsman with a snort of wrath, "we only wanted to know if he'd cut his eye tooth yet." Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) Letters from the Front He himself would willingly have been a backwoodsman had he been able to adopt that adventurous life. French and English A Story of the Struggle in America I had heard much of the fierceness of these hunting bands from settlers and hunters; and once a friend of mine, an old backwoodsman, had a narrow escape from them. Wilderness Ways But 108it is as a backwoodsman that we first come to know Robertson and learn why he was trusted and followed so willingly. Stories of Later American History One of the stories which used to put a lump in my throat as a child was of an old backwoodsman who by that means found out that his dog stole hams from the storeroom. An Englishwoman's Love-Letters Like some backwoodsman in the American forests who should say to himself, 'Now, I will not sow a grain of wheat until I have cleared all the land that belongs to me. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII His father was a typical backwoodsman, and young Lincoln grew up among frontier surroundings. Reading Made Easy for Foreigners - Third Reader The story goes that a raw battalion of rough backwoodsmen, who had "volunteered," once joined General Grant. Best Short Stories He talks like a Philadelphia lawyer."—Arkansas would be a poor place for the members of the legal profession from the city of brotherly love.—"He comes here to teach us ignorant backwoodsmen. Thirteen Months in the Rebel Army Being a Narrative of Personal Adventures in the Infantry, Ordnance, Cavalry, Courier, and Hospital Services; With an Exhibition of the Power, Purposes, Earnestness, Military Despotism, and Demoralization of the South I have seen many persons suffering from distress of mind, but never did I meet with one whose sorrow was so violent and overpowering as that of this backwoodsman. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 He is as much of a backwoodsman as anybody could be, as much so as Harrison and a good deal more so than Taylor. Children of the Market Place Thus our future president grew up to manhood; a sturdy, awkward, but honest backwoodsman, with a sound mind in a healthy body. Reading Made Easy for Foreigners - Third Reader The logs were hauled and built into heaps and fire set, and every art the backwoodsman knows was used to make them burn. The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825 Ireland, indeed, never sent from her shores a bolder hunter, braver man, or more active backwoodsman, than Major Elliott.* Twenty-Seven Years in Canada West The Experience of an Early Settler (Volume I) This circumstantial explanation seemed to produce little effect on the backwoodsman. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 They included, besides an array of provisions and cooking-pots, a hunter's tent such as the backwoodsmen used in their expeditions after beaver and moose. Lady Good-for-Nothing His manner was that of a backwoodsman, and he had no city airs and graces to offend the plain, rough people to whom he preached. Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made "And he was called a Nazarene, which was about the same as 'backwoodsman.'" The Hoosier Schoolmaster A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana He was, however, young and active, and moreover considered himself a good backwoodsman. Twenty-Seven Years in Canada West The Experience of an Early Settler (Volume I) "Stop!" cried the backwoodsman, suddenly placing himself before him. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 But when it did reverberate amid those old woods, every backwoodsman sprang to his feet and asked to be enrolled to rush to the rescue of his countrymen on the seaboard. Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 |
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