Word: tomahawked
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...BEFORE John Fitch began contemplating the absurd--a boat powered by steam, not wind or men with oars--a warring band of Delaware Indians seized his raft, which was heading up the Ohio River with flour for settlers. The Indians scalped two of his companions; Fitch narrowly escaped a tomahawk blow to the head. This was his second brush with death at the hands of the Delaware tribe, whose swift canoes in 1782 often rendered the settlers' plodding rafts easy prey...
...ninth of game two, but came back to win it 8-7 on a bases-loaded single from Cordero. I remember slapping a high-five with a middle-aged Japanese man standing next to me, as 40,000 some-odd fans cheered, mocking the Braves’ tomahawk chop. I know, because I was there. But 1994 was not the end. By 1996, the Expos had recovered and they stayed in the wildcard race until late September. I went to about 25 games that season, watching Henry Rodriguez set a then club-record of 36 home runs while being showered...
...military attacks Iraq with tomahawk cruise missiles and precision-guided bombs, beginning the conflict which continues to this...
Various ceremonial gifts, such as the Jefferson peace medal and pipe tomahawk, were given by Lewis and Clark to tribal chiefs, who reciprocated with gifts of clothing like the ornately fringed warrior shirt...
...last time Serbian soldiers saw combat, they were being bombed out of Kosovo by U.S. Tomahawk missiles. Now they're all set to fight alongside their former American foes. During a trip to Washington this summer, sources tell TIME, Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Zivkovic pledged to send up to 1,000 troops to aid American forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. The U.S., which is trying hard to persuade allies to share some of the military burden in Iraq, quickly agreed. The initial deployment: a mix of 250 army officers and members of the gendarmerie. "We don't need peacekeepers," says...