Through all this the demonstration of the patriots went on, silent, ceaseless, implacable, annulling every alien effort at gayety, Depopulating the theatres, and desolating the ancient holidays.
"A Fearful Responsibility and Other Stories"
William D. Howells
In their gloomy, tangled swamps, and among the unknown and untrodden recesses of the everglades the Indians found a secure asylum; and they issued from their haunts to burn and ravage almost all the settled part of Florida, fairly Depopulating five counties; while the soldiers could rarely overtake them, and when they did, were placed at such a disadvantage that the Indians repulsed or cut off detachment after detachment, generally making a merciless and complete slaughter of each.
"Thomas Hart Benton"
Theodore Roosevelt
The greater size of vessels and their swifter trips under steam, have had the effect of Depopulating the ocean, even in established trade routes.
"American Merchant Ships and Sailors"
Willis J. Abbot