This inglorious flight was brought about by a half-wined fellow, who wandered into the enemy's camp and on being asked how many men were coming, pointed to the leaves on the trees, thus frightening the Indians and British into a hasty retreat.
"See America First"
Orville O. Hiestand
He knows something about him, and was a good deal stampeded when he heard Ray was being wined and dined by him at Kansas City.
"Marion's Faith."
Charles King
Whenever, too, trips were made to Williamsburg, Annapolis, Philadelphia, or elsewhere, it was a rare occurrence when the various stages of the journey were not spent with friends, and in those cities he was dined and wined to a surfeit.
"The True George Washington [10th Ed.]"
Paul Leicester Ford