Thesaurus / tomahawked
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How to use tomahawked in a sentence
He could bear it no longer; he would make one last effort, even if they tomahawked him on the very verandah.
THE TALKING HORSEF. ANSTEYMr. Slocum was shot dead; Mr. Tripp wounded, speared, and tomahawked; both were scalped.
THE MYTHS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANSLEWIS SPENCEHis companion had been tomahawked the moment he reached the foot of the tree, and a like fate was in store for him.
FRANK IN THE MOUNTAINSHARRY CASTLEMONMajor Grant was taken prisoner, and would have been tomahawked on the spot but for the interposition of a French officer.
FROM FARM HOUSE TO THE WHITE HOUSEWILLIAM M. THAYEREight of them were tomahawked in the holes to which they had retreated; the other four fell on the field!
SUMMARY NARRATIVE OF AN EXPLORATORY EXPEDITION TO THE SOURCES OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, IN 1820HENRY ROWE SCHOOLCRAFTThis was too much for the Chinese owner, who tomahawked the digger on the spot.
GREATER BRITAINCHARLES WENTWORTH DILKEIt was there that a priest, M. Le Maistre, had been tomahawked, in August 1661.
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF KATERI TEKAKWITHAELLEN H. WALWORTHMany were overtaken and tomahawked here; but where they had once crossed the river, they were not followed.
THE GREAT EVENTS BY FAMOUS HISTORIANS, V. 13VARIOUSAs they expected, they found the two Indians lying dead; both had been tomahawked and then scalped.
IN THE HANDS OF THE CAVE-DWELLERSG. A. HENTYThis man said they just killed the little children before their mothers' eyes, after they'd scalped and tomahawked the fathers.
THE PRICE OF THE PRAIRIEMARGARET HILL MCCARTER