Killdeer

There's the piece he calls Killdeer, might count for something, and I understand there's a keg of powder about, which might be a make-weight, sartain; and yet two able bodied men are not to be bought off for a trifle -- besides -- "

The Deerslayer James Fenimore Cooper 1820

"I protest, Major Duncan, I protest," cried Muir hurrying back towards the stand, with both arms elevated by way of enforcing his words, -- "I protest in the strongest terms, gentlemen, against Pathfinder's being admitted into these sports with Killdeer, which is a piece, to say nothing of long habit that is altogether out of proportion for a trial of skill against Government rifles."

Pathfinder; or, the inland sea James Fenimore Cooper 1820

And the Killdeer is the most familiar of all shore birds, with a range that covers almost our entire continent.

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The Killdeer is the largest of these birds and the noisiest.

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"Now let the devils strike our scent!" said the scout, tearing two rifles, with all their attendant accoutrements, from beneath a bush, and flourishing "Killdeer" as he handed Uncas his weapon; "two, at least, will find it to their deaths."

The Last of the Mohicans A Narrative of 1757 James Fenimore Cooper 1820

"Killdeer" and the rifle of Uncas, to the place where they had deposited the weapons on approaching the camp of the Delawares; a measure of double policy, inasmuch as it protected the arms from their own fate, if detained as prisoners, and gave them the advantage of appearing among the strangers rather as sufferers than as men provided with the means of defence and subsistence.

The Last of the Mohicans A Narrative of 1757 James Fenimore Cooper 1820

Hurry set about repairing his moccasins, by the light of a blazing knot; Chingachgook seated himself in gloomy thought, while Deerslayer proceeded, in a manner equally free from affectation and concern, to examine 'Killdeer', the rifle of Hutter that has been already mentioned, and which subsequently became so celebrated, in the hands of the individual who was now making

The Deerslayer James Fenimore Cooper 1820

When he saw his little band collected, the scout threw "Killdeer" into the hollow of his arm, and making a silent signal that he would be followed, he led them many rods towards the rear, into the bed of a little brook which they had crossed in advancing.

The Last of the Mohicans A Narrative of 1757 James Fenimore Cooper 1820

Hawkeye; "keep him in play, boy, until I can bring 'Killdeer' to bear, when we will try his metal on each side of the tree at once."

The Last of the Mohicans A Narrative of 1757 James Fenimore Cooper 1820

But I do not admit the right of the Mingos to bestow a name on one whose friends have been mindful of his gifts, in this particular; especially as their title is a lie, 'Killdeer' being a grooved barrel and no carabyne.

The Last of the Mohicans A Narrative of 1757 James Fenimore Cooper 1820