And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
But you would have to skin it, cut it up, and cook it.
In Bernard De Voto's book, "Across the Wide Missouri" there is a classic chapter describing how highly the mountain men regarded buffalo meat, and how, after a long sojourn in the Rocky Mountains, they would debouch onto the great plains, shoot the first bison the could find, and literally sit and feast for days on it. There was a technique of shooting it just right so it would sit down on all fours and die, making it easy to cut up and cook it bit by bit.
Dinner - and you don't even have to chase it!
ReplyDeleteBut you would have to skin it, cut it up, and cook it.
DeleteIn Bernard De Voto's book, "Across the Wide Missouri" there is a classic chapter describing how highly the mountain men regarded buffalo meat, and how, after a long sojourn in the Rocky Mountains, they would debouch onto the great plains, shoot the first bison the could find, and literally sit and feast for days on it. There was a technique of shooting it just right so it would sit down on all fours and die, making it easy to cut up and cook it bit by bit.
Now I have to go read "Across the Wide Missouri". Enjoying your remarks, and who knows when that knowledge might come in handy...
DeleteExactly so. We should probably learn to smoke meat well, just in case.
DeleteI expected to see an arrow zing through the aperture take down the beast. (though in practice it usually took many arrows)
ReplyDeleteWhich is the problem because the buffalo gun could do it with one shot from 100 meters.