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Further doubt over the whole issue has been cast by the words of Mitch Ross, founder of Swats, the firm that manufactures deer antler spray.

From The Guardian • Feb. 12, 2013

The Swats had intended to attack Camp Malakand unawares, and massacre the soldiers, but through the kindness of a friendly native a warning was given.

From The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 41, August 19, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls by Bishop, Julia Truitt

Six thousand Swats were said to be in arms against the British.

From The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 41, August 19, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls by Bishop, Julia Truitt

The Swats, as the people of this region are called, appeared to be perfectly contented under British rule.

From The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 41, August 19, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls by Bishop, Julia Truitt

The terminus at Boonji was held by a certain Jackson, a wise man who inspired terror in a mixed force of irregulars, Afridis, Pathans, Punjabis, Swats, and a dozen other varieties of tribesmen.

From The Half-Hearted by Buchan, John