| 单词 | powder horn |
| 例句 | We did not tarry, but Charles, who is ever practical in his considerations, swept in to secure the man’s musket and powder horn. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Oh, those troops were impressive-looking with all those belts and buckles and powder horns and bayonets and so forth dangling about their red uniforms. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Holding the loaded gun before him, pointing it waveringly forward and up, he reached for his powder horn and brought it around. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Cartridge pouches, powder horns, and guns had been left against the tavern. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z His gun was on his shoulder, his hatchet and powder horn hung at his side, and his tall boots made great tracks in the soft snow. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The powder horn and a small sharp hatchet hung at his belt and he carried the gun ready loaded on his shoulder. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z There were the cartridge box and powder horn, too. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve got an old powder horn and a cap and ball pistol down to the bunkhouse. Did I ever show them to you?” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The cartridge box and powder horn were also there. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z His cartridge box and powder horn kept banging against his knees. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z They wore them with their Davy Crockett plastic fringe frontier costumes while they played with their Crockett trading cards, their Crockett board games and puzzles, their Crockett color slide sets and their Crockett powder horns. Fess Parker, Who as Davy Crockett Set Off Coonskin Cap Craze, Dies at 85 2010-03-19T04:38:00Z The theft also resulted in the loss of dozens of objects, some three centuries old, including a prayer book, a powder horn and antique guns and swords. How Paintings Lost in a Small-Town Art Heist Were Recovered 50 Years Later 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z Displays will include churning butter, grinding corn, baking ash cakes, carving on powder horns, carding and spinning and other pioneer skills. Fort Boonesborough offering lessons on 18th century life 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z Earlier this year, a rare powder horn that belonged to an African American soldier killed in the Revolutionary War went on display at the Museum of the American Revolution. Rare 1776 printing of the Declaration of Independence on display for the first time in over a century 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z The powder horn was taken from the dead soldier’s body. Rare powder horn that belonged to African American Revolutionary War soldier goes on display 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z The powder horn will be on short-term display through the spring at the Detroit Historical Museum. Revolutionary War powder horn returned to museum it was stolen from in 1952 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z The historical society says the powder horn was made in 1757 in Charlestown, New Hampshire, for a soldier. Powder horn stolen from Detroit-area museum in 1952 returned 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z In a news release, the library says Lincoln carried the powder horn during his months in the Illinois militia. Lincoln Museum displays powder horn Lincoln once carried 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z The powder horn is inscribed with his name and 1773, the year in which Hamilton, born out of wedlock in the Caribbean island of Nevis and later orphaned, entered what today is Columbia University. Gunpowder horn believed owned by Alexander Hamilton is going up for auction 2015-12-26T05:00:00Z “Very few powder horns of Black Revolutionary War soldiers survive,” said Dr. Philip Mead, chief historian and director of curatorial affairs for the Museum, in a statement. Rare powder horn that belonged to African American Revolutionary War soldier goes on display 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z Authorities tracked the powder horn down in November to an estate auction in Pennsylvania. Revolutionary War powder horn returned to museum it was stolen from in 1952 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z The girdle also carries the pipe and tobacco pouch, a long knife, a flint and steel, and in some cases a shot pouch and a highly-ornamented powder horn. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z After Lincoln used the powder horn, it belonged to a man named Jack Armstrong. Lincoln Museum displays powder horn Lincoln once carried 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z He hopes someone will purchase the powder horn and perhaps donate it to a museum. Gunpowder horn believed owned by Alexander Hamilton is going up for auction 2015-12-26T05:00:00Z Their bullet pouch and powder horn hung on either side, and their small tents they carried, rolled up tight like bandoliers, at their waist, for they slept wherever they halted, and generally in their clothes. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z The most recent owner may not have been aware the powder horn was stolen. Revolutionary War powder horn returned to museum it was stolen from in 1952 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z Megaphone, A Giant Ceramic Horn Amplifier For iPhone An Italian design firm built an iPhone amplifier that looks like a powder horn. Bits Blog: Disruptions: A TV That Can Read Me 2011-12-05T05:13:57Z Not having time to take the scalp of their enemy, they hastily cut the powder horn strap from his breast, dripping with blood, as a trophy of victory. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z Its walls of hewn logs, brown from smoke and age, and chinked with yellow plastering, were almost covered with wild skins, and stag antlers; these last used as rests for muskets, and powder horns. Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman 2011-06-04T02:00:12.520Z I had my new powder horn ready, and was about to start, when she came running out with this old one. The Cave by the Beech Fork A Story of Kentucky?1815 2011-05-07T02:00:28.747Z Over the shoulder was a silver chain from which hung a silver powder horn. In the Days of Queen Victoria 2011-03-17T02:00:14.783Z Each took his firelock, bullet pouch, and powder horn from their hooks above the fireplace, and, bidding brief farewell to homefolk, set forth to the appointed meeting place. Vermont A Study of Independence 2011-03-17T02:00:13.130Z Then he held up his powder horn toward the light after giving it a shake, and, being satisfied of its contents, slung it over his shoulder. A Hero of Ticonderoga 2011-01-27T03:00:45.450Z Each man had his own blanket, and carried flint lock rifles, with a powder horn slung over his shoulder. Boys' and Girls' Biography of Abraham Lincoln 2011-01-21T03:00:11.447Z Joe glanced at the rifle, and made sure of the exact location of his powder horn and bullet pouch. The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z The very last thing to attract his attention was my chum's powder horn. Canadian Wilds Tells About the Hudson's Bay Company, Northern Indians and Their Modes of Hunting, Trapping, Etc. I took the large powder horn that I had strung over my shoulder with a cord and gave the porcupine a rap on the nose that sent him tumbling down the tree. Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. In a twinkling I had put on powder horn and pouch; looked well to my rifle, and was ready to follow Simon Kenton in his desperate venture. On the Kentucky Frontier A Story of the Fighting Pioneers of the West Hawk Eye loaded his gun and placed it against a tree, together with powder horn and bullet pouch. Hawk Eye She peered around the curtain to see Tad, who had chosen to sleep near the partly open flaps, arranging the powder horn and bullet pouch where he could reach them in an instant. The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z We came down to the river bank a little above the town, and crossed over without breaking column, those on foot holding their muskets and powder horns well up above the water. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois Each carried a gun and had a powder horn and ammunition pouch slung round him, besides a bundle of assegais, and one, as he ran, turned his head to look at his enemies. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War Yet the man's every word, every gesture, everything he wore, was as authentic to that period as the powder horn around his neck. Call Him Savage On coming to a tree against which were propped two guns, with powder horns and bullet pouches, he slowed down to pick them up, then dashed ahead. Hawk Eye Tom led off, entering the stream with the picket rope of the bell mule fastened to his saddle, and with his weapons, powder horn and "possible" sack high above his head. Bring Me His Ears The case still had a little white card on it that told about the Brown Bess musket and the powder horn and the ball shot inside. The Very Black Why didn't yeh bring th' powder horn an' th' thing with th' bullets in? The Little Regiment And Other Episodes of the American Civil War "The sparks were flying about so thickly that no man could open his powder horn without running the risk of being blown up." Boys' Book of Frontier Fighters In doing so he happened to pass the tree against which Slow Dog had rested Hawk Eye's gun, with shot-belt and powder horn. Hawk Eye They were tall, gaunt fellows, with powder horns over their buckskin shirts, and with hunting knives in their belts. Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools Objects of military use more easily picked out of the list taken by his executors include a spyglass, guns, pistols, swords, saddles, saddlebags, holsters, a powder horn and "2 spontoons." Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria He held in his long arms a large rifle, a knife in his belt, and a powder horn slung over his side. The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes In the list for 1672 are found '200 fowling pieces and 400 powder horns and 500 hatchets.' The "Adventurers of England" on Hudson Bay A Chronicle of the Fur Trade in the North (Volume 18 of the Chronicles of Canada) Instantly he had recourse to his powder horn to reload, but while engaged in skinning the wolf the stopper 376 had fallen out and his powder was wasted. Chronicles of Border Warfare or, a History of the Settlement by the Whites, of North-Western Virginia, and of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that section of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that section of the State About his shoulders swung a bullet pouch and powder horn. Sunlight Patch She filled a bushel basket with sacks of cartridges, added a powder horn on top, swung it up to her shoulder and charged up the stairs, terrified all the way. Shaman A powder horn was slung picturesquely from one shoulder, and a great hunting-knife—alas useless to him now—stuck conspicuously in his belt. The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill He then went to his trunk and brought his powder horn, which had his name wrote on it by an officer at Post Vincennes in large print letters, and compared them together. Narrative of the Captivity of William Biggs among the Kickapoo Indians in Illinois in 1788 "Those old logs are as dry as a powder horn," he carelessly remarked. The Jucklins A Novel The shiftless one only nodded in reply, but both as they ran tied their ammunition again around their necks, seeing at the same time that their powder horns were stopped up tightly. The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" Guichard worked quickly with powder horn and ramrod to load his rifle. Shaman The powder horn lay on the ground beside the weapon, the Indian having made no use of either since they came into his possession. Camp-fire and Wigwam Man after man from the village took his powder horn and musket and went off to enlist for the war, and Molly grew more and more restless as she saw them go. A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D. He took his rifle, powder horn, bullet pouch, tomahawk and knife, and, bending low in the foliage, ran swiftly for the mouth of the cave. The Keepers of the Trail A Story of the Great Woods The Wyandot's bullet pouch and powder horn, torn from him in the struggle, were lying in the boat. The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" Piled by the rifles were flannel bags, powder horns and five small barrels, all full of gunpowder. Shaman Jack Carleton "crossed the Rubicon" when he lifted the rifle and powder horn from the ground. Camp-fire and Wigwam His tomahawk which he always wore on the right side, and the hunting knife which he carried on the left with his powder horn and bullet pouch, he laid carefully aside. Blue Ridge Country The Englishman had taken off his belt, bullet pouch and powder horn, all of which now lay on the ground near him. The Keepers of the Trail A Story of the Great Woods He has his rifle, his powder horn, his bullet pouch, his flint and steel and his hunting knife. Deerfoot in The Mountains Besides their long rifles, Eli, Levi, Hodge and Otto had pistols stuck through their belts, powder horns slung over their shoulders, hunting knives sheathed in pockets in the front of their buckskin shirts. Shaman Five years later a skeleton with a powder horn beside it was found in a hollow tree. Daniel Boone Taming the Wilds On a small sledge near him were a powder horn, and bullet pouch, a musket and a few pelts. The Cryptogram A Story of Northwest Canada A long arm was suddenly thrust from the grass and a hand closing on the powder horn took it away. The Keepers of the Trail A Story of the Great Woods He could repair rifles, make and carve powder horns of great beauty, and could fashion moccasins and snowshoes of the most approved patterns. Daniel Boone The Pioneer of Kentucky He took one of the powder horns down and sat to load and prime the pistol. Shaman He carried a fine rifle in his left hand, in a trailing position, while a powder horn and bullet pouch were supported by a string passing over his shoulder. The Hunters of the Ozark We each carried a musket and a hunting knife, a powder horn, and a bullet pouch. The Cryptogram A Story of Northwest Canada The Indian warning had come, and the sputtering told him that the fire was almost at the powder horn. The Keepers of the Trail A Story of the Great Woods There was suspended over his left shoulder, so as to hang beneath his right arm, a powder horn and bullet pouch. Daniel Boone The Pioneer of Kentucky He noticed a pistol and a rifle mounted on brackets over the mantel, with two powder horns hanging beside them. Shaman His powder horn and bullet pouch were not forgotten. The Hunters of the Ozark When, however, we came to examine our powder horns, we found that we had scarcely more than a couple of charges each. Adventures in the Far West He found a stick the end of which was yet a live coal, and circling a little wider on his return he came back to the powder horn. The Keepers of the Trail A Story of the Great Woods The rajah called up two of his men, and one of these at once drew the charges of the guns, and reloaded them from the powder horn and bag of bullets the servants had brought. At the Point of the Bayonet A Tale of the Mahratta War White Bear had been carrying the rifle and powder horn Frank had given him. Shaman It probably enjoys the distinction of being the last powder horn made in this State for practical use. A Catalogue of Early Pennsylvania and Other Firearms and Edged Weapons at "Restless Oaks" He adorned his speech and gave effect to his oratory by the introduction of the shoe-buckles which Davis wore, and the powder horn which another of the victims carried on the day of the fight. Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 1 In two minutes, he calculated, the fire would reach the powder horn. The Keepers of the Trail A Story of the Great Woods The powder horn and the bullet mould are devices of the past. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights I caught sight of some dressed buckskins lying on a rafter of a house, and an old fashioned rifle, with powder horn and shot flask. The Seminole Indians of Florida Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 469-532 The rattle of the powder horn and bullet mold he wore hanging from his shoulder came with the movement. The Emigrant Trail Once or twice I had a sort of feeling that I had forgotten something at home, and I felt myself all over, but no, powder horn, pipe case, tobacco pouch, flint, steel—everything was there. The Poor Plutocrats After which he slung the pouch and a powder horn round Ralph's neck, then went out and looked at the sun. Ralph Granger's Fortunes While the canvas tepee, and my tent, too, were being erected, we heard the dogs barking and growling several hundred yards away, so Amik, slipping on his powder horn and bullet pouch, ran to investigate. The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure In the folds of the paper he poured from his powder horn a small quantity of gunpowder. The Seminole Indians of Florida Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 469-532 In skirted, leather hunting shirt and leggings, knife and pistols in the belt and powder horn, bullet mold, screw and awl hanging from a strap across his chest, he was the typical "mountain man." The Emigrant Trail They had not even seen a grouse, and in their powder horns were only a few rounds of ammunition. Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark The fire bag, in which tobacco, tinder, and other small matters were carried, was of Indian workmanship, as was the cord of his powder horn and bullet pouch. With Wolfe in Canada The Winning of a Continent A fireplace, black and gloomy, evidently unused for some time, yawned in a side wall, and above it hung a rifle and powder horn. The Devil's Own A Romance of the Black Hawk War There were guns on a rack over the fireplace under a buck's head; a powder horn hanging near them on its string looped over a nail. A Man for the Ages A Story of the Builders of Democracy The nine villages destroyed, and 100 men killed, by Katomba's slaves at Nasangwa's, were all about a string of beads fastened to a powder horn, which a Manyuema man tried in vain to steal! The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 Continued By A Narrative Of His Last Moments And Sufferings, Obtained From His Faithful Servants Chuma And Susi Some strips of jerked venison hung from the poles above, and near his feet he glimpsed his own gun and powder horn. Ungava Bob A Winter's Tale With the end of his powder horn he slightly bruised the train, and the gun only awaited a spark from the match. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India "Take the powder horn and bullets," he added, detaching them from his person. The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance The rifle and powder horn were hung above the mantel. A Man for the Ages A Story of the Builders of Democracy He said nothing of his plan to the recruits until the darkness came, and then the state of the powder horns and the bullet pouches was announced. The Texan Scouts A Story of the Alamo and Goliad After a long speech and then talking to all the magnates of the neighborhood, I went to bed dry as a powder horn. Best Short Stories "Be sure your powder horns are stopped up tight, Paul," said Henry. The Forest Runners A Story of the Great War Trail in Early Kentucky His powder horn and bullet pouch hang under his right arm. Christopher Carson The musket and the powder horn had been taken down from the wall and the former leaned on the window-sill. The Light in the Clearing Around his arm was the long piece of thin rope which he kept smouldering as touch-powder, and hanging in front of him were the powder horn and bullet bag for loading. Korea's Fight for Freedom Several men who were present at his being apprehended, swore that he had a pistol, dagger, six bullets, a flint and powder horn about him, under a red rug coat. Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences There were two very good fowling-pieces in the great cabin, and two pistols: these I secured first, with some powder horns, and a small bag of shot, and two old rusty swords. The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1808) "And I need a drink, for I swallowed a lot of salt water and I'm as dry as a powder horn." Bob the Castaway One time the Yankees come and drunk the sweet milk and took all the butter, turkeys and hogs and then broke the powder horn against the maple tree. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 6 He was pouring powder on a fire from an old powder horn and the flames jumped up in the horn and exploded and crippled his hand and burnt his face. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 7 Each had a gun, a shot-bag and powder horn, a scalping knife and a war club, and was painted with vermilion lines on the face. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers "Why, general," said Witherspoon, "here is my powder horn full," holding it up. A Sketch of the life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion and a history of his brigade At one end stood the old fort where since 1830 the northern tribes had come to replenish their powder horns and lead sacks and to dispose of their pelts. Indian Boyhood The hunter is made up of a gun, of a powder horn, and of a hunting horn, etc.; and so on for the other professions. Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 I'm dry as a powder horn and hungry as a wolf. The Man in Gray When he followed her into the dining-room she was upon a chair, reaching for the old powder horn, which hung on a hook under the firearm that had done duty in the battle of Lexington. Georgina of the Rainbows In returning from this little expedition of exploration—which was a very early one—the boat was upset and two muskets, three powder horns, and two pistols were lost. The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson With the journal of her first commander Lieutenant James Grant A finer, priming, powder was contained in a powder horn; the balls were carried in a pouch. Battle Studies Sir, from the window of your room, which your hospitality has opened to me, I saw suspended a musket and a powder horn, and this motto—"Material Aid." Select Speeches of Kossuth I dropped down the grapnel, and after a great many failures, I hooked into the string of the powder horn, and hoisted away. Wild Northern Scenes Sporting Adventures with the Rifle and the Rod Automatically Georgina responded to that "tut" as if it were the old challenge of the powder horn. Georgina of the Rainbows In returning on board the boat upset and lost overboard 2 musquets, 3 powder horns and 2 pistols. The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson With the journal of her first commander Lieutenant James Grant Then, when love had done its best, she strapped his powder horn and pouch to her person, shouldered his rifle, and set out on her weary tramp toward Quebec. Woman on the American Frontier A Valuable and Authentic History of the Heroism, Adventures, Privations, Captivities, Trials, and Noble Lives and Deaths of the "Pioneer Mothers of the Republic" There were also a large number of powder horns and bullet pouches, and other soldier equipments. On the Trail of Pontiac Pap never wanted anything so bad in all his life as that powder horn an' shot flask. Viola Gwyn Each soldier was provided with a flintlock musket, powder horn, bullet-pouch, knife, and hatchet, besides enough powder and ball for 200 rounds. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley Then, slipping cartridge sack, bullet pouch, and powder horn from his shoulders, stood eased, yawning and stretching his fine, powerful frame. The Hidden Children With New England yeomanry rudely equipped with pouches, powder horns and armed with old brown firelocks he stormed the trenches of the best trained soldiers of Europe and won a glorious victory. See America First Over the shelf were some deer's antlers and on these rested two muskets, with the powder horns and bullet pouches hanging beneath. On the Trail of Pontiac It tells him to do good to them that hurt him, and when his brother asks him for his rifle to give him the powder horn, too. The Deerslayer The powder horn was found to be well filled with powder, and the box with caps, but there were only a few bullets. The Red Acorn Not a word was uttered by the rest of the party, but they silently slung their powder horns and ball pouches, and prepared for battle. Astoria, or, anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains Within a week he found himself in the city of Ouman, fully armed, and mounted, with lance, sword, canteen, pot of oatmeal, powder horn, cord to hobble his horse, and other equipments. Taras Bulba and Other Tales They beheld a dead warrior at every step, and at intervals were rifles, tomahawks, scalping knives, blankets, and an occasional shot pouch or powder horn. The Scouts of the Valley |
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