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"Big band" Quotes from Famous Books

... stragglers, it might be sending the lad to certain death, for Plodder had said in so many words the Sioux about him had declared for war, had butchered three ranchmen on the Dry Fork, had fired on and driven in his herd guards and wood choppers, and, what started with Lane Wolf's big band, would spread to Stabber's little one in less than no time, and what spread to Stabber's would soon reach a host of the Sioux. Moreover, there was another reason. It would give Field opportunity for further conference with—inmates of the trader's household, ...

— A Daughter of the Sioux - A Tale of the Indian frontier • Charles King

... "It's a big band. At least forty Injuns in it an' some captives, an' the devil an' Tom Walker. It's a mess which they ain't ...

— In the Days of Poor Richard • Irving Bacheller

... "They're scouts from a big band of Shawnees now making toward Tygart's Valley," I informed him. "Can't we learn something ...

— A Virginia Scout • Hugh Pendexter

... return trip, but about two o'clock we came in sight of four Indians traveling eastward. We tried to attack them, but our horses being much jaded, the Indians outrode us, so we had to give up the chase. We were of the opinion that the four Indians were scouts for a big band making its ...

— Thirty-One Years on the Plains and In the Mountains • William F. Drannan

... the other," said Rogers, "but I don't believe any big band would venture down here. The hope to frighten ...

— The Sun Of Quebec - A Story of a Great Crisis • Joseph A. Altsheler