unsuspicious

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Unsuspicious of the grand project that was in the mind of the Confederate commander, Hooker moved down the Shenandoah Valley, taking the same course as Lee, but with the Blue Ridge Mountains between them.

From The Greater Republic A History of the United States by Morris, Charles

Unsuspicious of danger they played with the sportive waves as they dashed upon the shore, and were swimming and diving in all directions, when the terrific yell of armed warriors broke upon their ears.

From Old Mackinaw The Fortress of the Lakes and its Surroundings by Strickland, W. P. (William Peter)

Unsuspicious as the Nelson people were, they acted upon a sort of instinct,—that instinct within us which answers so mysteriously to the cry of blood from the earth,—and arrested these four men.

From Station Amusements in New Zealand by Barker, Lady (Mary Anne)

Unsuspicious of evil, and bridling at gratified vanity at this attention from a stranger of such distinguished mien, the spoil-bedecked fair one replied to him as she had done to others.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844 by Various

Unsuspicious of their presence, the sheriff and his men marched to the house and were within the ambuscade.

From Vermont A Study of Independence by Robinson, Rowland E. (Evans)