In response, the English voyagers fired off their muskets, hitting warrior Cooman fatally in the leg.
Schenectady officials feared the canal would allow barges to float by their city and take away their prosperous riverfront business, so it was left to the students from Union College to fire off their muskets in welcome.
By spring of 1862, Josiah had had his first experience of battle, seeing an officer's head shot off and musket balls flying like hail.
A local farmer observed the activity, and, together with a few other local men, drove the barge off with musket fire.
Once native polities had been established, the demand for muskets fell off; under missionary influence the demand for alcohol was limited.
In several cases, Mexican musket balls bounced off Texian soldiers, causing little damage other than a bruise.
We lingered amid the plush pillows and whitewashed walls hung with Berber muskets in the rooms off the large chamber, where his four wives entertained guests.
Many of the laws on Sark have remained unchanged since the charter of 1611, which allows husbands to beat their wives as long as no blood is drawn, requires every landowner to swear allegiance to the Queen and keep a musket handy to fend off foreign invaders, and only permits divorce after one of the parties has left the island for a year.
They carried their haversacks (food bags), canteens, muskets, and accoutrements, and marched off in wet, muddy shoes and soggy uniforms.
In Falmouth, there had been no combat, and so when our formal duties were done, our lieutenant, Frank Ruiz Jr., put Henry out of his misery: Ruiz loaded his musket with powder, Henry took off running across a field, and Ruiz fired from some 40 yards away.
