red-and-buff

Updated: January 25, 2026

And lounging about in cheap paint or soiled finery are lazy Indians, begging at times and at times idly watching the boats rowing up and down the river. We see, too, now and then, the familiar red-and-buff uniforms of the British army officers, which are regarded with awe whenever they appear.

Wilbur Fisk Gordy - Stories of Later American History