But no; it was the same old gray stone house she had left some months before; and again pressing boldly forward, she took the lamp from the sideboard and commenced to reconnoiter.
"Maggie Miller"
Mary J. Holmes
In the beginning of the year 1528, the adelantado determined again, by slow marches, to reconnoiter the country; and, having discovered the warlike character of the inhabitants, to avoid as much as possible all conflict with them.
"Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I."
John L. Stephens
They would give him no information, would not scout nor reconnoiter, and he was continually left in the dark as to the movements of the enemy.
"The Struggle for Missouri"
John McElroy