Washington complained that when the fortunes of his army were at their lowest, when he could not get clothing for his soldiers, and the snow at Valley Forge was stained with the blood of their unshod feet, any American shipping on a privateer was sure of a competence, while great fortunes were being made by the speculators who fitted them out.
"American Merchant Ships and Sailors"
Willis J. Abbot
Such an instrument is of genuine service in the rough, stony mountain lands, but is not so serviceable as the unshod stick in the irrigated sementeras, because it cuts and bruises the vegetables.
"The Bontoc Igorot"
Albert Ernest Jenks
Once he was sure he heard a sound like the unshod hoof of an animal on bare stone.
"Operation Terror"
William Fitzgerald Jenkins