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  • I've used regular Idahos, peeled and cut into large chunks, and the much smaller red-skins, halved but not peeled.

    Archive 2008-01-01 Jan 2008

  • "I'll not trouble these red-skins to follow me," said the Kid; "I shall just trail them awhile."

    The Authentic Life of Billy The Kid Garrett, Pat F 1954

  • Here might be seen the chief of our nation, leaning on his arm one of the ladies from a foreign court, or a belle of America mingling in with a group of red-skins, and trying through an interpreter to converse with them; the ladies anxious to know the history of Zin-ta-ga-let-skah, or Stinking-saddlecloth, or the

    Three Years on the Plains Observations of Indians, 1867-1870 Edmund B. Tuttle

  • Without being seen by them she stole up and sheltered herself in a similar manner, while her eye ranged the forest in search of her husband who she feared was under the fire of the red-skins.

    Woman on the American Frontier William Worthington Fowler

  • Where he fou't the red-skins, and he fou't the bears

    The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

  • The private entrance on Vesey Street was besieged by an excited multitude anxious to get a peep at the "red-skins," but they were disappointed, as the stage drove up to the Barclay Street entrance.

    Three Years on the Plains Observations of Indians, 1867-1870 Edmund B. Tuttle

  • These tall, slender men, with bronzed faces and gleaming eyes, with their round skull-caps, their gaudy jackets and ornamental leggings, bore no small resemblance at a distance to certain of our North American red-skins.

    Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 Various

  • We should have all been killed and scalped if a company of soldiers had not come up the valley that day with an exploring party and driven the red-skins away.

    Woman on the American Frontier William Worthington Fowler

  • Hundreds of red-skins were squatting on the beach, awaiting the coming of the flotilla.

    French Pathfinders in North America William Henry Johnson

  • Hills, towering up eight thousand feet, -- and all nature was hushed into repose, and each one with his lungs full of the light air, and his body weary with a long ride, just dropping off to sleep, -- all at once there was a yell and halloo outside, which caused me to jump up and look out to see if any red-skins had broke through the guard and invaded our peaceful circle.

    Three Years on the Plains Observations of Indians, 1867-1870 Edmund B. Tuttle

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