reconoiter

Then, concealing as best I could some Confederate money and my watch in my clothing, I persuaded my comrade to attempt a reconoiter, and we stealthily crept down stream until in view of a mound.

Sketch of Cobb Legion Cavalry and some incidents and scenes remembered, Wiley C Howard 1901

He wuz a-layin 'out to reconoiter round and find a good place for her to board and take good care on her.

Samantha at the World's Fair Marietta Holley 1881

The same meetin'-house I had been sent to reconoiter.

Samantha among the Brethren — Volume 3 Marietta Holley 1881

The same meetin'-house I had been sent to reconoiter.

Samantha Among the Brethren, Complete Marietta Holley 1881

AFTER collecting a good quantity of fire-wood, as it was about the middle of the afternoon, I resolved to reconoiter the ground about my encampment: having penetrated the groves next to me, I came to the open forests, consisting of exceedingly

Travels Through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws; Containing An Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of Those Regions, Together with Observations on the Manners of the Indians. 1823