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Updated: May 1, 2025
The watchfulness of the authorities prevents grave crimes, but no vigilance can keep the dusky thieves from stealthily raiding upon the cattle and property of their white neighbors. One of the tasks, therefore, of the cowmen of Bowman's ranch was to guard against aboriginal thieves.
Later they came to know, something of the habits of the islanders; how they made raiding expeditions to the neighbouring islands, and carried off large numbers of prisoners, retaining the women as concubines and eating the men.
No new religious force had come into the ancient East, unless the Mede is to be reckoned one in virtue of his Zoroastrianism. Probably he did not affect religion much in his early phase of raiding and conquest.
My command was on the extreme left, and, as Hooker crossed the river, we followed a raiding party of the enemy's cavalry over toward the James River above Richmond; so I did not see my father at any time during the several day's fighting. The joy of our victory at Chancellorsville was saddened by the death of "Stonewall" Jackson.
He had never assisted Carfax and Cards in their raiding expeditions, but that was only because he considered such things tiresome and childish. And now, behold, there in his doorway incredible vision! was the creature at this moment of all others! "Come in," said Olva again. Bunning brought his large quivering body into the room and stood there, turning his cap round and round in his hands.
Marian knew what picket duty and raiding meant in February weather, and wrote words of kindly warmth that sustained her friend through hard, prosaic service. She also saw that her father was burdened with heavy cares and responsibilities. Disloyal forces and counsels were increasing in the great centres at the North, and especially in New York City.
He ruminated a few moments, refilled his pipe with some awful tobacco, and told the following experience: In the time of Geronimo I was living just about where I do now; and that was just about in line with the raiding.
That Americans and all others who took passage on armed ships intermittently engaged in commerce raiding could not expect to be immune, for such vessels acquired a "hostile taint."
Vincent through the Finisterre focal area to Cape Clear, with a branch extending to the strategical centre off Ushant. The new system was introduced at a time when we had reason to expect that the French and Spanish fleets were to be devoted entirely to operations in small raiding squadrons against our trade and colonies.
Be that as it may, we can trace, year by year, the steady pushing forward of Assyrian raiding columns into inner Syria. Five years later, swooping down from a Cilician raid, he entered Hamath. Six more years passed before he made more ground to the south, though he invaded Syria again in force at least once during the interval.
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