1825  (1950)  . . . the War tribes appear determined that we Shall not want for their Company this year [;] it cannot be otherwise as we are following the main War track. . . .
1873  (1904)  They were somewhat startled too, for the Blackfeet bands were said to be on the war-trail.
1913  [The] young Indian bucks in the war-trail season [are] often inclined to bully. . . .