"I at once commenced the ascent through a…" — George Crook

"I at once commenced the ascent through a shower of arrows."

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18 Quotes by George Crook

George Crook has 18 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

I have known the Indians intimately - known them in their private relations - I think I understand the Indian…
If you will investigate all the Indian troubles, you will find that there is something wrong of this nature at…
The white men in the East are like birds. They are hatching out their eggs every year, and there is…
When once an Indian sees that his food is secure, he does not care what the chief or any one…
We must not try to force him to take civilization immediately in its complete form, but under just laws, guaranteeing…
The great mistake these people make is that they go to looking after the spiritual welfare of the Indians before…
During the engagement I tried to throw a strong force through the canon, but I was obliged to use it…
When I jerked it out the head remained in my leg, where it remains still. There were a couple of…
It demonstrates to his simple mind in the most positive manner that we have no prejudice against him on account…
All the tribes tell the same story. They are surrounded on all sides, the game is destroyed or driven away;…
Give these Indians little farms, survey them, let them put fences around them, let them have their own horses, cows,…
It has been my aim throughout present operations to afford the greatest amount of protection to life and property interests,…

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These people were well dressed in skins, had some guns, but armed generally with bows and arrows and such other… — William Henry Ashley
Every aspect of human technology has a dark side, including the bow and arrow. — Margaret Atwood
No one else can take risks for us, or face our losses on our behalf, or give us self-esteem. No… — Martha Beck
I got to dress up in funny clothes and run around New Zealand with a bow and arrow for 18… — Orlando Bloom
It is an old custom amongst Jewish children, to become war-like on the 'L'ag Beomer.' They arm themselves from head… — Sholom Aleichem
Oh yeah, I mean, it wasn't a very good guitar, most good guitars have got thrust rods in the necks… — Eric Clapton
And in this battle, Brother William (Guillaume), Master of the Templars, lost an eye; and he had lost the other… — Jean de Joinville
They no longer had nor could find any arrows, javelins or stones with which to attack us... — Hernando Cortes
When we shoot an arrow, we look to the fall of it; when we send a ship to sea, we… — Richard Sibbes
Goresthorpe Grange is a feudal mansion - or so it was termed in the advertisement which originally brought it under… — Arthur Conan Doyle
As many arrows, loosed several ways, come to one mark...so many a thousand actions, once afoot, end in one purpose. — William Shakespeare
While my friend was my friend, he flattered me, and I never heard the truth from him. When he became… — Henry David Thoreau

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