 | Samuel G. Drake - Indian captivities - 1839 - 382 pages
...but of two evils I chose that which I thought was the least — and fell in with those who were to conceal the arms, and keep every dangerous weapon...each other. Before they had finished this keg, near one third of the town was introduced to this drinking club ; they could not pay their part, as they... | |
 | Samuel G. Drake - Indian captivities - 1841 - 374 pages
...but of two evils I chose that which I thought was the least — and fell in with those who were to conceal the arms, and keep every dangerous weapon...each other. Before they had finished this keg, near one third of the town was introduced to this drinking club; they could not pay their part, as they... | |
 | James Wimer - Indian captivities - 1841 - 788 pages
...but of two evils I chose that which I thought was the least, — and fell in with those who were to conceal the arms, and keep every dangerous weapon...if possible, to keep the drinking club from killing one another, which was a very hard task. Several times we hazarded our own lives, and got ourselves... | |
 | Joseph Pritts - Frontier and pioneer life - 1841 - 550 pages
...but of two evils I chose that which I thought was the least — and fell in with those who were to conceal the arms, and keep every dangerous weapon we could out of their way, and endeavour, if possible, to keep the drinking club from killing each other, which was a very hard task.... | |
 | James Wimer - Indian captivities - 1841 - 664 pages
...but of two evils I chose that which I thought was the least, — and fell in with those who™ere to conceal the arms, and keep every dangerous weapon we could out of thçir way, and endeavor, if possible, to keep the drinking club from killing one another, which was... | |
 | John Frost - Indian captivities - 1852 - 708 pages
...but 'of two evils I chose that which I thought was the least — and fell in with those who were to conceal the arms, and keep every dangerous weapon...each other. Before they had finished this keg, near one third of the town was introduced to this drinking club; they could not pay their part, as they... | |
 | Samuel G. Drake - Captivity - 1852 - 402 pages
...but of two evils I chose that which I thought was the least — and fell in with those who were to conceal the arms, and keep every dangerous weapon...preventing them from slaying each other. Before they had fmished this keg, near one third of the town was introduced to this drinking club; they could not pay... | |
 | 1857 - 414 pages
...but of two evils I chose that which I thought was the least — and fell in with those who were to conceal the arms, and keep every dangerous weapon...each other. Before they had finished this keg, near one third of the town was introduced to this drinking club; they could not pay their part, as they... | |
 | Richard Markham - Adventure stories - 1881 - 240 pages
...this ; but of two evils I chose that which I thought the lesser, and fell in with those who were to conceal the arms, and keep every dangerous weapon...their way, and endeavor, if possible, to keep the drinking-club from killing each other, which was a very hard task. Several times we hazarded our own... | |
 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley - Michigan - 1885 - 396 pages
...this, but of two evils I chose that which I thought was the least, and fell in with those who were to conceal the arms and keep every dangerous weapon we...ourselves hurt in preventing them from slaying each other."2 1 Conspiracy of Pontiac, 155. 2 Account of Remarkable Occurrence*, etc., by Col. James Smith,... | |
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I must be one of those who were to take care of the drunken people. I did not like this ; but of two evils I chose that which I thought was the least — and fell in with those who were to conceal the arms, and keep every dangerous weapon we could out... 
