vamosed

Long before we got back to the horses, Shipley had "vamosed" into the mountain, carrying his light luggage with him; only some blank, envelopes were lying about, evidently dropped in the hurry of removal.

Border and Bastille 1851

The indignation aroused by his enormities has been too crushing to be borne by living man, though sheathed with the brass and triple cheek of Mark Twain…He has vamosed, cut stick, absquatulated; and among the pine forests of the Sierras, or amid the purlieus of the city of earthquakes, he will tarry awhile, and the office of the Enterprise will become purified…33

Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005

The indignation aroused by his enormities has been too crushing to be borne by living man, though sheathed with the brass and triple cheek of Mark Twain…He has vamosed, cut stick, absquatulated; and among the pine forests of the Sierras, or amid the purlieus of the city of earthquakes, he will tarry awhile, and the office of the Enterprise will become purified…33

Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005

'For they have gone, they have escaped, they have got away, they have dodged, they have cut stick, they have vamosed the ranch.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various

Thirty of those Sioux devils were left behind, dead and wounded, and the rest vamosed.

The Cryptogram A Novel James De Mille

So they vamosed and were much obliged for the opportunity, leaving

We Can't Have Everything Rupert Hughes 1914

Glass fell like hail; dogs vamosed; chickens flew, squawking; feminine voices shrieked concernedly to youngsters at large.

Heart of the West [Annotated] O. Henry 1886

But the wizard's vamosed; an 'at last, when each is convinced tharof, the grown folks led by Squar' Alexanders reepairs back into the tavern an 'takes another drink.'

Wolfville Nights Alfred Henry Lewis 1885

Nell's a brave girl an 'stands a pat hand when the rest of us vamosed that time.

Wolfville Nights Alfred Henry Lewis 1885

The boy took on wuss an 'wuss, an' now he's vamosed.

Romance of California Life John Habberton 1881