Warden.  A  town  officer  in  two  of  the  island  towns  of  Rhode  Island,
New  Shoreham  and  Jamestown,  with  similar  privileges  and  jui-isdiction
within  his  town  that  justices  of  the  peace  have  throughout  their  respec-
tive towns  and  counties.  —  Const,  of  JR.  1.  Revised  Statutes  of  M.  1.,
Tit.  25,  Ch.  168.
War-Path.     a  march  to  battle,  warlike  expedition  of  the  Indians.
The  Lenape  would  not  go  to  the  war-path,  because  they  did  not  think  it  well.  —
Cooper,  Last  of  the  Mohicans.
When  on  the  war-path,  more  than  ordinaiy  care  is  taken  to  adorn  the  body,  and
the  process  of  painting  occupies  a  considerable  time.  —  Ruxton's  Adv.  in  the  Rocky
Mountains,  p.  237.
The  hunters  walked  in  single  file,  following  their  leader,  like  Indians  on  a  war-
path. —  Mayne  Reid,  The  Boy  Hunters,  p.  254.
War- Who  OP.     The  Indian  cry  of  war ;  a  yell  made  on  attacking  a  foe.
Ere  dark  pestilence
Devoured  his  warriors  —  laid  his  hundreds  low  —


502  WAR  — WAY

That  Sachem's  ivar-whoop  roused  to  his  defence
Three  thousand  bow-men.  ■^—  Dur/ee,  Whatcheer;  Canto  III.
The  red  men  say  that  here  she  walked

A  thousand  moons  ago ;
They  never  raise  the  war-whoop  here,
And  never  twang  the  bow.  —  Bryant.
We  must  trust  to  the  experience  of  men  who  know  the  ways  of  the  savages,  and
who  are  not  often  backward  when  the  war-whoop  is  howled.  —  Cooper,  Last  of  the
Mohicans.
Warji-us.  a  sort  of  roundabout  jacket  made  of  homespun  cloth,  and
worn  without  buttons,  being  tied  across  the  bodj  by  the  loAver  corners.
Indiana.
Warrant-Trying.  The  magistrates'  monthly  courts  at  the  cross-roads.
Virginia.
Wastage.    The  accidental  waste  of  a  barrel,  box,  etc.
