When he would get a certain distance, keeping in sight, a second would start, and so on, until a string of men extending five miles from the main army was made, each to look out for Indians, and give the sign to right, left, or front, by hanging a hat on a bayonet,—erect for the front, and right or left, as the case might be.
— from The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Complete by Abraham Lincoln

If I don’t I’ll do as Ike Crabtree does, kill in sight o’ the cabins.”
— from A Virginia Scout by Hugh Pendexter

Charlevoix, Père, on bravery of Canadians and indifferent conduct of French troops, 212 ; on Lachine massacre, 224 , 227 ; on old age of François Hertel, 235 (note); his account of "flag" incident in siege of Quebec, 295 ; on character and conduct of Frontenac, 333-6 Charny-Lauson, temporary governor, 42 Chastes, M. de, trading patent granted to, 3 ; death of, 5 Châteaufort, M. de, interim governor after death of Champlain, 27 Château St. Louis, Quebec, construction begun, 15 Chauvin, obtains patent for exclusive trade in Canada, 2 ; sails to St. Lawrence, 3 Chedabucto (Guysborough, N.S.), Frontenac arrives at, 232 Chubb, commandant of Fort Pemaquid, fires on Indians while under flag of truce, 331 ; killed, 332 Clarke, Captain, killed at Fort Loyal, two daughters taken to Quebec, 303 Clément, Pierre (author of Vie de Colbert ), on causes of failure of West India Company, 149 ; on galley service, 215 Clermont, Chevalier de, killed in skirmish on Beaufort flats, 294 Colbert, creates West India Company, 49 ; disapproves Frontenac's action in summoning "three estates," 67 ; anti-clerical tendencies, 73 ; Madame Maintenon's opinion of, 74 ; advice to Courcelles in relation to ecclesiastical power, 115 ; asks for particulars as regards effects of liquor traffic, 118 ; speaks of bishop as aiming at too much power, 119 ; overthrow of his commercial policy, 151 Company of New France, or of Hundred Associates, created by Cardinal Richelieu, 19 ; colonists sent out by, 28 ; cedes some of its rights to colonists, 36 ; new arrangement works badly, 37 ; surrenders all its powers to the king (1663), 49 ; its failure to fulfil its engagements, 55 Condé, Duke of, lieutenant-general for New France, 12 Congrégation de Notre Dame, Montreal, established, 29 Connecticut, takes part in expedition against Montreal, 279 Corlaer, Indian name of Schenectady, which see.
— from Count Frontenac Makers of Canada, Volume 3 by William Dawson LeSueur

“I am not so sure about that,” said Melinda, with a sage, grown-up air; for she liked to seem like a woman, and often told her companions, “dear knows, if she wasn’t big enough to be thought one, she would like to know who was! ”
— from Nelly's First Schooldays by Josephine Franklin

“‘Do they think I am the man who killed Mr. Clanton?’ “‘Of course dey knows it sho’ nuff—dey seed yo do it.’
— from The White Rose of Memphis by William C. (Clark) Falkner

—Preparations for war between Philip and the Colonies—Great excitement of the times—Deposition of Hugh Cole—Immediate occasion of hostilities—Commencement of them, June 24th, 1675—Summary sketch of the war—Consequences to the parties engaged—Exertions, adventures and escapes of King Philip—His death—Anecdotes respecting him—Observations on his character—His courage, dignity, kindness, independence shrewdness, and self-command—Fate of his family—Defence of his conduct.
— from Indian Biography; Vol. 1 (of 2) Or, An Historical Account of Those Individuals Who Have Been Distinguished among the North American Natives as Orators, Warriors, Statesmen, and Other Remarkable Characters by B. B. (Benjamin Bussey) Thatcher

Preparations for war between Philip and the Colonies—Great excitement of the times—Deposition of Hugh Cole—Immediate occasion of hostilities—Commencement of them, June 24th, 1675—Summary sketch of the war—Consequences to the parties engaged—Exertions, adventures and escapes of King Philip—His death—Anecdotes respecting him—Observations on his character—His courage, dignity, kindness, independence, shrewdness, and self-command—Fate of his family—Defence of his conduct.
— from Indian Biography; Vol. 1 (of 2) Or, An Historical Account of Those Individuals Who Have Been Distinguished among the North American Natives as Orators, Warriors, Statesmen, and Other Remarkable Characters by B. B. (Benjamin Bussey) Thatcher