brown-bush

Updated: July 18, 2025

Our camp was on an open plain, with no shrubbery save an occasional brown-bush or yucca near us; and we retired, feeling as safe as we had any time since crossing the Rio Grande. The night passed quietly; and, just as the grey dawn began to make objects visible about camp, I awoke.

Samuel Woodworth Cozzens - The Young Trail Hunters : Or, the Wild Riders of the Plains. The Veritable Adventures of Hal Hyde and Ned Brown, on Their Journey Across the Great Plains of the South-West

"A dozen yards of us!" exclaimed Hal, looking around; "why, where could he hide, I'd like to know?" "That's jest it, youngster. We might go within ten feet of him, and never see him. Why, I've knowed 'em to hide behind a brown-bush, clump er cactus, or a rock, so mighty cunnin' thet ther ain't one scout in fifty would see 'em, let alone a stranger.

Samuel Woodworth Cozzens - The Young Trail Hunters : Or, the Wild Riders of the Plains. The Veritable Adventures of Hal Hyde and Ned Brown, on Their Journey Across the Great Plains of the South-West