war-path

They'd broken out in Minnesota in '62, and been put down; when the government tried to put the Bozeman Road slap through their territory, Red Cloud had taken the war-path and fought them to a standstill; but although the road was given up and the forts abolished, their victory probably did the Sioux more harm than good, since it convinced the wilder spirits that the Yanks could be stopped by force.

Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010

Neither friendly pipe nor food was offered them, and before they could recover from their chilling reception, they were peremptorily ordered out of the village, with the intimation that when the Cheyennes were on the war-path the presence of whites was intolerable.

She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories 2010

“Mark Twain is still on the war-path,” noted the San Francisco Examiner approvingly.

LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010

“Mark Twain is still on the war-path,” noted the San Francisco Examiner approvingly.

LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010

From them we learned that the Rogue River Indians in southern Oregon were on the war-path, and that as the "regular troops up there were of no account, the citizens had taken matters in hand, and intended cleaning up the hostiles."

She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories 2010

Ismail put his hands together and howled through them like a wolf on the war-path, nudging King with an elbow.

In The Time Of Light dj barber 2010

All four tribes together could put on the war-path a formidable force of about 6,000 warriors.

She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories 2010

The council was willing to consider it, but Ellyn hit the war-path.

Heaven’s Keep William Kent Krueger 2009

The council was willing to consider it, but Ellyn hit the war-path.

Heaven’s Keep William Kent Krueger 2009

The council was willing to consider it, but Ellyn hit the war-path.

Heaven’s Keep William Kent Krueger 2009