Which preposition to use with pioneer

of Occurrences 211%

Opposite, and just below the town, is Carlton Island, on which stand the ruins of an old French fortification, the walls and trenches and the solitary chimneys, from which the wooden barracks have rotted or been burned away, remain as melancholy testimonials of the bloody strifes between the red men of the forest, and the pioneers of civilization who were driving them from the hunting grounds of their fathers.

in Occurrences 121%

I heard a group of brawny pioneers in the street eagerly discussing the quantity of tail required for a boy's kite; and one graybeard undertook the sport of flying it, volunteering the information that he was a boy, "always was a boy, and dn a man who was not a boy inside, however ancient outside!"

on Occurrences 9%

Mac hadn't thought of it before, but he was prepared to swear now that if an Englishmanthey were the hardiest pioneers on earthor a Canadian was in favour of lighting out, "it must be for some good reason.

for Occurrences 9%

My impression was, that it had been shot, and dragged up there, and left by our pioneer for the present.

to Occurrences 6%

From Pioneer to Parasite

with Occurrences 5%

At the hotel Bennington spent an interesting evening viewing the pioneers with their variety of costume, manners, and speech.

from Occurrences 5%

Another party started after these pioneers from the Omaha winter quarters, in the summer.

as Occurrences 4%

It was but natural, therefore, that the forest should be considered by these pioneers as an obstacle and viewed as an enemy.

among Occurrences 3%

"Will you teach me how to ride, sir?" asked a Boston man of a Hungarian soldier, one of the pioneers among Boston instructors.

about Occurrences 2%

The letter runs: "It is impossible at this day to make a just impression of the sufferings of the pioneers about the period spoken of.

along Occurrences 2%

The pioneers along the upper Tennessee and the Cumberland had made various arrangements with bands of the Cherokees, sometimes acting on their own initiative, and sometimes on behalf of the State of North Carolina.

at Occurrences 2%

Boon's Station, sometimes called Boon's new station, where the tranquil, resolute old pioneer at that time dwelt, must not be confounded with his former fort of Boonsborough, from which it was several miles distant, north of the Kentucky.

into Occurrences 2%

We have thinkers who venture as pioneers into the uncleared wilderness.

under Occurrences 1%

After marching three leagues the first day, Columbus halted at the foot of a craggy pass in the mountains; and, as the Indian paths were exceedingly narrow, he sent on some pioneers under the direction of several gentlemen to level the road; from which circumstance this place acquired the name of El puerto de los Hidalgos, the port or pass of the gentlemen.

by Occurrences 1%

Think of the high, wind-swept ridges, among the clefts of which are the only homesteads of the hardy pioneers by whose agency alone one kind of luxury is kept up to the standard demand for it in the great cities.

without Occurrences 1%

It is a rugged country pierced by angry rivers and dotted by lakes, but a gasolene launch brought up supplies, the tents were large and double-roofed, and for a few weeks one could play at pioneering without its hardships.

Which preposition to use with  pioneer