borderer's

Updated: May 16, 2025

Where was the boasted superiority of the Texians over the Indian race? or were these individuals around us of that class of beings who, not daring to reside within the jurisdiction of the law, were obliged to lead a borderer's life, exposed to all the horrors of Indian warfare and famine?

Frederick Marryat - Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet

Whilst ye're a-needing a friend in the big woods a raw-meat-eating Injun-skinner that can jest or'narily whop his weight in wildcats why, old Eph's your man; from now on, if not sooner." And in this wise began an alliance the like of which, for true-blue loyalty on this old borderer's part, these colder-hearted times of yours, my dears, will never see.

Francis Lynde - The Master of Appleby: A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady

Where was the boasted superiority of the Texans over the Indian race? or were these individuals around us of that class of beings who, not daring to reside within the jurisdiction of the law, were obliged to lead a borderer's life, exposed to all the horrors of Indian warfare and famine?

Frederick Marryat - The Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet in California, Sonora, and Western Texas

Startled by this unexpected apparition, and experiencing an American borderer's dislike and distrust for his class, I made a hasty move back toward where, with unusual carelessness, I had deposited my rifle against the wall. Yet as I placed hand upon it I had sufficiently recovered to laugh silently at my fears.

Randall Parrish - Prisoners of Chance: The Story of What Befell Geoffrey Benteen, Borderman,: through His Love for a Lady of France