1868 in E. Custer Following the Guidon 142: He had brought with him a little bobtailed mouse-colored mule, and was training him like Sam Hill.at Sam Hill, n.
1890 E. Custer Following the Guidon 31: Any man who calls sop gravy has got to eat dust or ’pologize.at eat dust (v.) under eat, v.
1890 E. Custer Following the Guidon 200: The doctor soon came hurrying back to say that the passage was disputed by a small but well-armed foe, and added that ‘as soon as that essence-peddler saw fit to move on, the major-general commanding would issue his order to march.’.at essence-peddler (n.) under essence, n.1
1890 E. Custer Following the Guidon 314: Me and Eliza was mighty fond of each other, and off and on we was sparking.at spark, v.1
1890 E. Custer Following the Guidon 172: The frontiersman had then, as now, a great ‘despise,’ as they put it for the tenderfoot.at tenderfoot (n.) under tender, adj.
1890 E. Custer Following the Guidon 261: We were, in Western terms, ‘waybacks from wayback.’.at wayback, n.
1890 E. Custer Following the Guidon 261: We were, in Western terms, ‘waybacks from wayback.’.at wayback, n.