 | Knight of Elvas - 1866 - 376 страници
...nimble, that they have no fear of footmen ; for if these charge them they flee, and when they hirn their backs they are presently upon them. They avoid...misses of his object. Where the arrow meets with no armour, it pierces as deeply as the shaft from a crossbow. Their bows are very perfect ; the arrows... | |
 | Knight of Elvas - 1866 - 382 страници
...remain quiet, but are continually running, traversing from place to place, so that neither crossbow nur arquebuse can be aimed at them. Before a Christian...misses of his object. Where the arrow meets with no armour, it pierces as deeply as the shaft from a crossbow. Their bows are very perfect ; the arrows... | |
 | Charles C. Jones - 1873 - 622 страници
...and nimble that they have no fear of footsoldiers ; for if these charge them they flee, and when % they turn their backs they are presently upon them....or four arrows: and he seldom misses of his object. When the arrow meets with no armor, it pierces as deeply as the shaft from a cross-bow. Their bows... | |
 | Charles Colcock Jones - 1873 - 622 страници
...warlike and nimble that they have no fear of footsoldiers ; for if these charge them they flee, and when they turn their backs they are presently upon them....four arrows : and he seldom misses of his object. When the arrow meets with no armor, it pierces as deeply as the shaft from a cross-bow. Their bows... | |
 | Charles Colcock Jones - 1873 - 660 страници
...are continually running, traversing from place to place, so that neither cross-bow nor arquelaiise can be aimed at them. Before a Christian can make...four arrows : and he seldom misses of his object. When the arrow meets with no armor, it pierces as deeply as the shaft from a cross-bow. Their bows... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology - 1925 - 944 страници
...warlike and nimble, that they have no fear of footmen; for if these charge them they flee, and when they turn their backs they are presently upon them....misses of his object. Where the arrow meets with no armour, it pierces as deeply as the shaft from a crossbow. " 61 He adds that the arrows with heads... | |
 | 1922 - 504 страници
...pp. 7-8; French, op. cit., p. 171. • Laudouniere, op. cit., p. 166; French, op. cit., pp. 313-414. they turn their backs they are presently upon them....no armor, it pierces as deeply as the shaft from a crossbow.1 Regarding games Laudonniere says : They exercise their young men to run well, and they make... | |
 | Edward Gaylord Bourne - 1904 - 270 страници
...warlike and nimble, that they have no fear of footmen; for if these charge them they flee, and when they turn their backs they are presently upon them....misses of his object. Where the arrow meets with no armour, it pierces as deeply as the shaft from a crossbow. Their bows are very perfect; the arrows... | |
 | Edward Gaylord Bourne - 1904 - 272 страници
...warlike and nimble, that they have no fear of footmen; for if these charge them they flee, and when they turn their backs they are presently upon them....misses of his object. Where the arrow meets with no armour, it pierces as deeply as the shaft from a crossbow. Their bows are very perfect; the arrows... | |
 | Edward Gaylord Bourne - 1904 - 262 страници
...warlike and nimble, that they have no fear of footmen; for if these charge them they flee, and when they turn their backs they are presently upon them....misses of his object. Where the arrow meets with no armour, it pierces as deeply as the shaft from a crossbow. Their bows are very perfect; the arrows... | |
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... they turn their backs they are presently upon them. They avoid nothing/ more easily than the flight of an arrow. They never remain quiet, but are continually running, traversing from place to > place, so that neither crossbow nor arquebuse can be... 
