Chisholm Trail

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noun

a cattle trail leading N from San Antonio, Tex., to Abilene, Kan.: used for about twenty years after the Civil War.

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Origin of Chisholm Trail

Named after Jesse Chisholm (1806–68), American scout

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One seemed particularly promising, by a trail with a big pile of natural brush to furnish a screen.
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No trail was so obtuse, no thicket so dense that members of that regiment would not track them to their lair.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn
If it should ever be my lot to take the Long Trail at short notice, I hope it will be under a blue sky and a blazing sun.
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When we got down into the bottom Mac turned aside to the deep-worn trail and glanced sharply down at the ruts.
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She had been walking alone with her arms hanging limp, letting her white skirts trail along the dewy path.
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By using his walking stick he discovered that they formed a trail to a point in the wall.
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