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.
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Nedjahituwit, Called Lt Otto Kobe (Arapaho), Holding Pipe - 1894
He's wearing an army shirt. If there are no bullet holes or arrow holes in it, he might have bought it from a sutler.
ReplyDeleteThe bullet hole is in the back.
Deletehow uncouth the "back" comment. the Arapahoe were a stand up proud people before the reseveration and the whites soiled their souls.
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