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Early in the morning when the Rocky Mountain men were sallying from the valley, they met a cavalcade of one hundred and fifty Blackfeet.

From The Story of the Trapper by Laut, A. C.

He had quite as serious and important an air as if he were sallying forth to protect us from deadlier foes.

From Driven Back to Eden by Roe, Edward Payson

The Crusades were going on about that time; the robber barons were sallying out onto the plains on their raiding excursions.

From Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front by Rinehart, Mary Roberts

They wished to be at the hangars, to greet those who returned, and give the pilots who 83 were sallying forth a last word of encouragement.

From Air Service Boys Over The Enemy's Lines The German Spy's Secret by Beach, Charles Amory