Barking up the wrong tree: Difference between revisions

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* 1833 – "I told him that he reminded me of the meanest thing on God's earth, an old coon dog ''barking up the wrong tree''." – ''Sketches of David Crockett,'' p. 58. (New York).<ref name="Thornton43"/>

* 1834 – "[The Indians] to use a Western phrase, ''barked up the wrong tree'' when they got hold of Tom Smith."<ref>{{cite book|last=Pike|first=Albert|title=Prose Sketches and Poems Written in the Western Country|publisher=Publisher Kessinger Publishing|year=2003|pages=30|isbn=978-0-7661-4465-1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kGebqlS7J78C&q=barked|accessdate=2010-01-18}}</ref>

* 1836 – "You've been ''barking up the wrong tree,'' cried the Ohioan." – ''Knickerbocker Magazine,'' p. vii. 15 January 1836.<ref name="Thornton43"/>

* 1838 – "Instead of having treed their game, gentlemen will find themselves still ''barking up the wrong tree''." – Mr. Duncan of Ohio in the [[United States House of Representatives]], July 7: ''Congressional Globe,'' p. 474, Appendix.<ref name="Thornton43"/>

* 1839 – "The same reckless indifference which causes a puppy to ''bark up the wrong tree.''" – ''Chemung (NY) Democrat,'' September 18. 1839.<ref name="Thornton43"/>