Their military career lasted about a month without any encounter with hostile Indians.

Meanwhile we've still got several thousand hostile Indians to contend with, and a whole nation to the south that don't like us one bit.

Another key issue was dealing with hostile Indians within the territory.

The soldiers set out at dawn to find the hostile Indians.

The fort's mission was to protect the area settlers from hostile Indians.

Besides, there were hostile Indians around, which made the whole situation more worrisome.

On all the trip into these high hills, he had not once thought of hostile Indians.

The larger group provided protection from hostile Indians and support during harsh weather.

The post was more than 560 miles away and they were to pass through land supposedly belonging to hostile Indians.

In the 84 days, they never engaged or saw any hostile Indians.