Staked Plain
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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They had believed that the buffalo were the gift of the Great Spirit, who every spring brought fresh numbers out of holes in the Staked Plain of western Texas, to fill the ranks.
From Boys' Book of Frontier Fighters by Sabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand)
At first only surprised at seeing soldiers on the Staked Plain, they soon become seriously alarmed.
From The Lone Ranche by Reid, Mayne
But when a ninety-mile drive across the Staked Plain is to be done, all this easy system is changed.
From The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier by Bronson, Edgar Beecher
If he has ever seen her before their encounter on the Staked Plain, it must have been while passing along the street of some Mexican city.
From The Lone Ranche by Reid, Mayne
For, listen: Meanwhile the Painted-red party were riding on, and in the Staked Plain they met six Comanches, bound to Mexico after plunder.
From Boys' Book of Indian Warriors and Heroic Indian Women by Sabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand)
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