1866 R.B. Marcy Thirty Years of Army Life 370: This yere hill o’ yourn am a breather; ef it ain’t, d--n me.at breather, n.
1866 R.B. Marcy Thirty Years of Army Life 404: Them Britishers must a’ fit better thar than they did down to Horleans, whar Old Hickry gin um the forkedest sort o’ chain-lightnin’.at chain lightning (n.) under lightning, n.
1866 R.B. Marcy Thirty Years of Army Life 59: He had formed the opinion that the ‘Big Captain’ of the pale-faces held them in but little estimation.at paleface, n.