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" ... I drew an undischarged pistol from my holsters, and, laying myself along my horse's neck, watched him, expecting to be the next victim ; but something frightened him from his vulture-like business, and he fled in another direction. I need not say... "
The Taylor Anecdote Book: Anecdotes and Letters of Zachary Taylor - Page 70
by Thomas Bangs Thorpe - 1848 - 146 pages
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A Life of Gen. Zachary Taylor: Comprising a Narrative of Events Connected ...

Joseph Reese Fry - 1847 - 380 pages
...and he fled in another direction. I need not say that had he visited me I should have taken one more shot at the enemy, and would have died content had...too, and I am pleased to say he, as well as myself, live to fight over again the sanguine fray of Resaca de la Palma." Another writer relates this instance...
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The Life of Major General Zachary Taylor

Henry Montgomery - 1847 - 398 pages
...and he fled in another direction. I need not say that had he visited me I should have taken one more shot at the enemy, and would have died content, had...too, and I am pleased to say he, as well as myself, live to fight over again the sanguine fray' of Resaca de la Palma." The splendid victories of Palo...
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A Life of Gen. Zachary Taylor: Comprising a Narrative of Events Connected ...

Joseph Reese Fry - 1848 - 376 pages
...and he fled in another direction. I need not say that had he visited me I should have taken one more shot at the enemy, and would have died content had...in making such an assassin bite the dust. Two hours afler, I had the pleasure of shaking some of my comrades by the hand, who were picking up the wounded....
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The Life of Major General Zachary Taylor: Twelfth President of the United States

Henry Montgomery - 1850 - 522 pages
...and he fled in another direction. I need not say that had he visited me I should have taken one more shot at the enemy, and would have died content, had...too, and I am pleased to say he, as well as myself, live to fight over again the sanguine fray of Resaca de la Palma." The splendid victories of Palo Alto...
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The Life of Major General Zachary Taylor: Twelfth President of the United States

Henry Montgomery - 1850 - 504 pages
...and he fled in another direction. I need not say tfyat had he visited me I should have taken one more shot at the enemy, and would have died content, had...too, and I am pleased to say he, as well as myself, live to fight over again the sanguine fray of Resaca de la Palma." The splendid victories of Palo Alto...
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Life of General Taylor, the Hero of Okee Chobee, Palo Alto, Resaca de la ...

1875 - 262 pages
...and he fled in another direction. I need not say that had he visited me I should have taken one more shot at the enemy, and would have died content had...again the sanguinary fray of Resaca de la Palma." CHAPTER XII. Taylor a Major General. — President's Letter. — Resolutions of Con gress, and of Legislatures....
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From Everglade to Canyon with the Second United States Cavalry: An Authentic ...

2000 - 578 pages
...and he fled in another direction. I need not say that had he visited me I should have taken one more shot at the enemy, and would have died content had...too, and I am pleased to say he, as well as myself, live to fight over again the sanguine fray of Resaca dc la Falma." L. CAPTURE OF MATAMORAS— GEN....
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