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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Bent on solving the mystery that enveloped our hero’s appearance in the Indian village, Winnesaw did not immediately return to Lina Aiken, the Gold Girl, but proceeded to look up some brave who had composed a part of White Lasso’s party.
Aiken
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From this reading Bent on solving the mystery that enveloped our hero’s appearance in the Indian village, Winnesaw did not immediately return to Lina Aiken, the Gold Girl, but proceeded to look up some brave who had composed a part of White Lasso’s party.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She had witnessed the departure of Tom Kyle and his red marauders, the previous night, and the upper Pawnees had informed her that the young pale-faces were with Frontier Shack, and under his strong protecting care.
appearancenounUS /ˈappearance/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Bent on solving the mystery that enveloped our hero’s appearance in the Indian village, Winnesaw did not immediately return to Lina Aiken, the Gold Girl, but proceeded to look up some brave who had composed a part of White Lasso’s party.
attacked
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From this reading The return of the renegade was not looked for until some time the coming day, for the savages knew that the trapper would defend his charges to the last extremity, and that the cabin could not be attacked successfully until nightfall.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The return of the renegade was not looked for until some time the coming day, for the savages knew that the trapper would defend his charges to the last extremity, and that the cabin could not be attacked successfully until nightfall.
Bent
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From this reading Bent on solving the mystery that enveloped our hero’s appearance in the Indian village, Winnesaw did not immediately return to Lina Aiken, the Gold Girl, but proceeded to look up some brave who had composed a part of White Lasso’s party.
brave
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From this reading Bent on solving the mystery that enveloped our hero’s appearance in the Indian village, Winnesaw did not immediately return to Lina Aiken, the Gold Girl, but proceeded to look up some brave who had composed a part of White Lasso’s party.
braves
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From this reading Winnesaw, the Pawnee girl, could not conjecture how Charley Shafer had fallen into the hands of the thirty braves.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Bent on solving the mystery that enveloped our hero’s appearance in the Indian village, Winnesaw did not immediately return to Lina Aiken, the Gold Girl, but proceeded to look up some brave who had composed a part of White Lasso’s party.
cabin
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From this reading The return of the renegade was not looked for until some time the coming day, for the savages knew that the trapper would defend his charges to the last extremity, and that the cabin could not be attacked successfully until nightfall.
care
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From this reading She had witnessed the departure of Tom Kyle and his red marauders, the previous night, and the upper Pawnees had informed her that the young pale-faces were with Frontier Shack, and under his strong protecting care.
charges
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From this reading The return of the renegade was not looked for until some time the coming day, for the savages knew that the trapper would defend his charges to the last extremity, and that the cabin could not be attacked successfully until nightfall.
Charley
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From this reading Winnesaw, the Pawnee girl, could not conjecture how Charley Shafer had fallen into the hands of the thirty braves.
coming
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From this reading The return of the renegade was not looked for until some time the coming day, for the savages knew that the trapper would defend his charges to the last extremity, and that the cabin could not be attacked successfully until nightfall.
composed
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From this reading Bent on solving the mystery that enveloped our hero’s appearance in the Indian village, Winnesaw did not immediately return to Lina Aiken, the Gold Girl, but proceeded to look up some brave who had composed a part of White Lasso’s party.
conjecture
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From this reading Winnesaw, the Pawnee girl, could not conjecture how Charley Shafer had fallen into the hands of the thirty braves.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Winnesaw, the Pawnee girl, could not conjecture how Charley Shafer had fallen into the hands of the thirty braves.
day
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From this reading The return of the renegade was not looked for until some time the coming day, for the savages knew that the trapper would defend his charges to the last extremity, and that the cabin could not be attacked successfully until nightfall.
defend
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From this reading The return of the renegade was not looked for until some time the coming day, for the savages knew that the trapper would defend his charges to the last extremity, and that the cabin could not be attacked successfully until nightfall.
departure
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From this reading She had witnessed the departure of Tom Kyle and his red marauders, the previous night, and the upper Pawnees had informed her that the young pale-faces were with Frontier Shack, and under his strong protecting care.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Bent on solving the mystery that enveloped our hero’s appearance in the Indian village, Winnesaw did not immediately return to Lina Aiken, the Gold Girl, but proceeded to look up some brave who had composed a part of White Lasso’s party.
enveloped
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From this reading Bent on solving the mystery that enveloped our hero’s appearance in the Indian village, Winnesaw did not immediately return to Lina Aiken, the Gold Girl, but proceeded to look up some brave who had composed a part of White Lasso’s party.
extremity
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From this reading The return of the renegade was not looked for until some time the coming day, for the savages knew that the trapper would defend his charges to the last extremity, and that the cabin could not be attacked successfully until nightfall.
fallen
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From this reading Winnesaw, the Pawnee girl, could not conjecture how Charley Shafer had fallen into the hands of the thirty braves.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The return of the renegade was not looked for until some time the coming day, for the savages knew that the trapper would defend his charges to the last extremity, and that the cabin could not be attacked successfully until nightfall.
Frontier
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From this reading She had witnessed the departure of Tom Kyle and his red marauders, the previous night, and the upper Pawnees had informed her that the young pale-faces were with Frontier Shack, and under his strong protecting care.
girl
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From this reading Winnesaw, the Pawnee girl, could not conjecture how Charley Shafer had fallen into the hands of the thirty braves.
Gold
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From this reading Bent on solving the mystery that enveloped our hero’s appearance in the Indian village, Winnesaw did not immediately return to Lina Aiken, the Gold Girl, but proceeded to look up some brave who had composed a part of White Lasso’s party.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Winnesaw, the Pawnee girl, could not conjecture how Charley Shafer had fallen into the hands of the thirty braves.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Winnesaw, the Pawnee girl, could not conjecture how Charley Shafer had fallen into the hands of the thirty braves.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She had witnessed the departure of Tom Kyle and his red marauders, the previous night, and the upper Pawnees had informed her that the young pale-faces were with Frontier Shack, and under his strong protecting care.
hero's
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From this reading Bent on solving the mystery that enveloped our hero’s appearance in the Indian village, Winnesaw did not immediately return to Lina Aiken, the Gold Girl, but proceeded to look up some brave who had composed a part of White Lasso’s party.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She had witnessed the departure of Tom Kyle and his red marauders, the previous night, and the upper Pawnees had informed her that the young pale-faces were with Frontier Shack, and under his strong protecting care.
how
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From this reading Winnesaw, the Pawnee girl, could not conjecture how Charley Shafer had fallen into the hands of the thirty braves.
immediately
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From this reading Bent on solving the mystery that enveloped our hero’s appearance in the Indian village, Winnesaw did not immediately return to Lina Aiken, the Gold Girl, but proceeded to look up some brave who had composed a part of White Lasso’s party.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Bent on solving the mystery that enveloped our hero’s appearance in the Indian village, Winnesaw did not immediately return to Lina Aiken, the Gold Girl, but proceeded to look up some brave who had composed a part of White Lasso’s party.
Indian
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From this reading Bent on solving the mystery that enveloped our hero’s appearance in the Indian village, Winnesaw did not immediately return to Lina Aiken, the Gold Girl, but proceeded to look up some brave who had composed a part of White Lasso’s party.
informed
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From this reading She had witnessed the departure of Tom Kyle and his red marauders, the previous night, and the upper Pawnees had informed her that the young pale-faces were with Frontier Shack, and under his strong protecting care.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Winnesaw, the Pawnee girl, could not conjecture how Charley Shafer had fallen into the hands of the thirty braves.
knew
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From this reading The return of the renegade was not looked for until some time the coming day, for the savages knew that the trapper would defend his charges to the last extremity, and that the cabin could not be attacked successfully until nightfall.
Kyle
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From this reading She had witnessed the departure of Tom Kyle and his red marauders, the previous night, and the upper Pawnees had informed her that the young pale-faces were with Frontier Shack, and under his strong protecting care.
Lasso's
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From this reading Bent on solving the mystery that enveloped our hero’s appearance in the Indian village, Winnesaw did not immediately return to Lina Aiken, the Gold Girl, but proceeded to look up some brave who had composed a part of White Lasso’s party.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The return of the renegade was not looked for until some time the coming day, for the savages knew that the trapper would defend his charges to the last extremity, and that the cabin could not be attacked successfully until nightfall.
Lina
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From this reading Bent on solving the mystery that enveloped our hero’s appearance in the Indian village, Winnesaw did not immediately return to Lina Aiken, the Gold Girl, but proceeded to look up some brave who had composed a part of White Lasso’s party.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Bent on solving the mystery that enveloped our hero’s appearance in the Indian village, Winnesaw did not immediately return to Lina Aiken, the Gold Girl, but proceeded to look up some brave who had composed a part of White Lasso’s party.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The return of the renegade was not looked for until some time the coming day, for the savages knew that the trapper would defend his charges to the last extremity, and that the cabin could not be attacked successfully until nightfall.
marauders
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From this reading She had witnessed the departure of Tom Kyle and his red marauders, the previous night, and the upper Pawnees had informed her that the young pale-faces were with Frontier Shack, and under his strong protecting care.
mystery
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From this reading Bent on solving the mystery that enveloped our hero’s appearance in the Indian village, Winnesaw did not immediately return to Lina Aiken, the Gold Girl, but proceeded to look up some brave who had composed a part of White Lasso’s party.
night
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From this reading She had witnessed the departure of Tom Kyle and his red marauders, the previous night, and the upper Pawnees had informed her that the young pale-faces were with Frontier Shack, and under his strong protecting care.
nightfall
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From this reading The return of the renegade was not looked for until some time the coming day, for the savages knew that the trapper would defend his charges to the last extremity, and that the cabin could not be attacked successfully until nightfall.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Winnesaw, the Pawnee girl, could not conjecture how Charley Shafer had fallen into the hands of the thirty braves.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Winnesaw, the Pawnee girl, could not conjecture how Charley Shafer had fallen into the hands of the thirty braves.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Bent on solving the mystery that enveloped our hero’s appearance in the Indian village, Winnesaw did not immediately return to Lina Aiken, the Gold Girl, but proceeded to look up some brave who had composed a part of White Lasso’s party.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Bent on solving the mystery that enveloped our hero’s appearance in the Indian village, Winnesaw did not immediately return to Lina Aiken, the Gold Girl, but proceeded to look up some brave who had composed a part of White Lasso’s party.
pale-faces
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From this reading She had witnessed the departure of Tom Kyle and his red marauders, the previous night, and the upper Pawnees had informed her that the young pale-faces were with Frontier Shack, and under his strong protecting care.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Bent on solving the mystery that enveloped our hero’s appearance in the Indian village, Winnesaw did not immediately return to Lina Aiken, the Gold Girl, but proceeded to look up some brave who had composed a part of White Lasso’s party.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Bent on solving the mystery that enveloped our hero’s appearance in the Indian village, Winnesaw did not immediately return to Lina Aiken, the Gold Girl, but proceeded to look up some brave who had composed a part of White Lasso’s party.
Pawnee
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From this reading Winnesaw, the Pawnee girl, could not conjecture how Charley Shafer had fallen into the hands of the thirty braves.
Pawnees
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From this reading She had witnessed the departure of Tom Kyle and his red marauders, the previous night, and the upper Pawnees had informed her that the young pale-faces were with Frontier Shack, and under his strong protecting care.
previous
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From this reading She had witnessed the departure of Tom Kyle and his red marauders, the previous night, and the upper Pawnees had informed her that the young pale-faces were with Frontier Shack, and under his strong protecting care.
proceeded
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From this reading Bent on solving the mystery that enveloped our hero’s appearance in the Indian village, Winnesaw did not immediately return to Lina Aiken, the Gold Girl, but proceeded to look up some brave who had composed a part of White Lasso’s party.
protecting
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From this reading She had witnessed the departure of Tom Kyle and his red marauders, the previous night, and the upper Pawnees had informed her that the young pale-faces were with Frontier Shack, and under his strong protecting care.
red
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From this reading She had witnessed the departure of Tom Kyle and his red marauders, the previous night, and the upper Pawnees had informed her that the young pale-faces were with Frontier Shack, and under his strong protecting care.
renegade
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From this reading The return of the renegade was not looked for until some time the coming day, for the savages knew that the trapper would defend his charges to the last extremity, and that the cabin could not be attacked successfully until nightfall.
return
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From this reading The return of the renegade was not looked for until some time the coming day, for the savages knew that the trapper would defend his charges to the last extremity, and that the cabin could not be attacked successfully until nightfall.
savages
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From this reading The return of the renegade was not looked for until some time the coming day, for the savages knew that the trapper would defend his charges to the last extremity, and that the cabin could not be attacked successfully until nightfall.
Shack
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From this reading She had witnessed the departure of Tom Kyle and his red marauders, the previous night, and the upper Pawnees had informed her that the young pale-faces were with Frontier Shack, and under his strong protecting care.
Shafer
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From this reading Winnesaw, the Pawnee girl, could not conjecture how Charley Shafer had fallen into the hands of the thirty braves.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had witnessed the departure of Tom Kyle and his red marauders, the previous night, and the upper Pawnees had informed her that the young pale-faces were with Frontier Shack, and under his strong protecting care.
solving
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From this reading Bent on solving the mystery that enveloped our hero’s appearance in the Indian village, Winnesaw did not immediately return to Lina Aiken, the Gold Girl, but proceeded to look up some brave who had composed a part of White Lasso’s party.
some
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From this reading The return of the renegade was not looked for until some time the coming day, for the savages knew that the trapper would defend his charges to the last extremity, and that the cabin could not be attacked successfully until nightfall.
strong
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From this reading She had witnessed the departure of Tom Kyle and his red marauders, the previous night, and the upper Pawnees had informed her that the young pale-faces were with Frontier Shack, and under his strong protecting care.
successfully
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From this reading The return of the renegade was not looked for until some time the coming day, for the savages knew that the trapper would defend his charges to the last extremity, and that the cabin could not be attacked successfully until nightfall.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She had witnessed the departure of Tom Kyle and his red marauders, the previous night, and the upper Pawnees had informed her that the young pale-faces were with Frontier Shack, and under his strong protecting care.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Winnesaw, the Pawnee girl, could not conjecture how Charley Shafer had fallen into the hands of the thirty braves.
thirty
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From this reading Winnesaw, the Pawnee girl, could not conjecture how Charley Shafer had fallen into the hands of the thirty braves.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The return of the renegade was not looked for until some time the coming day, for the savages knew that the trapper would defend his charges to the last extremity, and that the cabin could not be attacked successfully until nightfall.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The return of the renegade was not looked for until some time the coming day, for the savages knew that the trapper would defend his charges to the last extremity, and that the cabin could not be attacked successfully until nightfall.
Tom
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From this reading She had witnessed the departure of Tom Kyle and his red marauders, the previous night, and the upper Pawnees had informed her that the young pale-faces were with Frontier Shack, and under his strong protecting care.
trapper
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From this reading The return of the renegade was not looked for until some time the coming day, for the savages knew that the trapper would defend his charges to the last extremity, and that the cabin could not be attacked successfully until nightfall.
TREASON
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From this reading TREASON.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading She had witnessed the departure of Tom Kyle and his red marauders, the previous night, and the upper Pawnees had informed her that the young pale-faces were with Frontier Shack, and under his strong protecting care.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading The return of the renegade was not looked for until some time the coming day, for the savages knew that the trapper would defend his charges to the last extremity, and that the cabin could not be attacked successfully until nightfall.
up
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From this reading Bent on solving the mystery that enveloped our hero’s appearance in the Indian village, Winnesaw did not immediately return to Lina Aiken, the Gold Girl, but proceeded to look up some brave who had composed a part of White Lasso’s party.
upper
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From this reading She had witnessed the departure of Tom Kyle and his red marauders, the previous night, and the upper Pawnees had informed her that the young pale-faces were with Frontier Shack, and under his strong protecting care.
village
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From this reading Bent on solving the mystery that enveloped our hero’s appearance in the Indian village, Winnesaw did not immediately return to Lina Aiken, the Gold Girl, but proceeded to look up some brave who had composed a part of White Lasso’s party.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The return of the renegade was not looked for until some time the coming day, for the savages knew that the trapper would defend his charges to the last extremity, and that the cabin could not be attacked successfully until nightfall.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading She had witnessed the departure of Tom Kyle and his red marauders, the previous night, and the upper Pawnees had informed her that the young pale-faces were with Frontier Shack, and under his strong protecting care.
White
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From this reading Bent on solving the mystery that enveloped our hero’s appearance in the Indian village, Winnesaw did not immediately return to Lina Aiken, the Gold Girl, but proceeded to look up some brave who had composed a part of White Lasso’s party.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Bent on solving the mystery that enveloped our hero’s appearance in the Indian village, Winnesaw did not immediately return to Lina Aiken, the Gold Girl, but proceeded to look up some brave who had composed a part of White Lasso’s party.
Winnesaw
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From this reading Winnesaw, the Pawnee girl, could not conjecture how Charley Shafer had fallen into the hands of the thirty braves.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She had witnessed the departure of Tom Kyle and his red marauders, the previous night, and the upper Pawnees had informed her that the young pale-faces were with Frontier Shack, and under his strong protecting care.
witnessed
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From this reading She had witnessed the departure of Tom Kyle and his red marauders, the previous night, and the upper Pawnees had informed her that the young pale-faces were with Frontier Shack, and under his strong protecting care.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The return of the renegade was not looked for until some time the coming day, for the savages knew that the trapper would defend his charges to the last extremity, and that the cabin could not be attacked successfully until nightfall.
young
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From this reading She had witnessed the departure of Tom Kyle and his red marauders, the previous night, and the upper Pawnees had informed her that the young pale-faces were with Frontier Shack, and under his strong protecting care.
