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.
Dumb question #345....That breast plate that he is wearing; did it really stop arrows? Or was it worn as a status symbol. I have always heard that it was suppose to be a shield, so that arrows wouldn't git ya. I could never figure out how that could stop an arrow. Steve
He is trying to decide whether to put your scalp on his war lance or outside of his lodge.
ReplyDeleteDumb question #345....That breast plate that he is wearing; did it really stop arrows? Or was it worn as a status symbol. I have always heard that it was suppose to be a shield, so that arrows wouldn't git ya. I could never figure out how that could stop an arrow.
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