A trace of trail.
1855. Jest you say to Madam Travis and the young lady that I’m hard after sign (trail-track) and that I’m mighty hopeful…. He could find very decided signs, where you and I would see nothing but smooth surface.—W. G. Simms, ‘The Forayers,’ pp. 446–7, 465 (N.Y.). (Italics in the original.)
1860. [He] informed us that he saw Shawnee “signs” about, and that we must go back to Glade Hollow and give the alarm.—J. F. H. Claiborne, ‘Life of Gen. Sam. Dale,’ p. 18 (N.Y.).
