hillsmen

I placed these western hillsmen in the Singapore police, and they never failed me.

Colonel Cross of the Gurkhas 2006

I placed these western hillsmen in the Singapore police, and they never failed me.

Colonel Cross of the Gurkhas 2006

Nice twist on the 'brutal Afghan winter' narrative that said Allied soldiers would be butchered in the passes by the wily hillsmen.

Afstan news 2008

The best weapons are obtained from the hillsmen and the best horses are bought, or stolen, from them.

The Cossacks 2003

Scouts who had been sent out to search for abreks had come upon several hillsmen some six miles from the village.

The Cossacks 2003

Now, with unprecedented courage and a strength that amazed everyone, he slew and subdued an innumerable host of hillsmen; now he was himself a hillsman and with them was maintaining their independence against the Russians.

The Cossacks 2003

Sashka B — - fights with the Russians or the hillsmen against him.

The Cossacks 2003

There is a custom, we are told, amongst the hillsmen, that when a great chieftain of their own falls in battle, his wrist is bound with a thread either of red or green, the red denoting the highest rank.

How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell Sara Cone Bryant

No wonder such instruments can lash the hillsmen into fury.

On the Fringe of the Great Fight 1921

There is a custom, we are told, amongst the hillsmen, that when a great chieftain of their own falls in battle, his wrist is bound with a thread either of red or green, the red denoting the highest rank.

How to Tell Stories to Children, and Some Stories to Tell 1915