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.
I'm sure that he saw action. 1892 was about the time that the 10th Cavalry was moved north into Montana. It would be interesting to know what came of Desar. The area of the White Wolf Mine, and farther south was the subject of a lot of fighting. The Apache didn't give up easily.
I'm sure that he saw action. 1892 was about the time that the 10th Cavalry was moved north into Montana. It would be interesting to know what came of Desar. The area of the White Wolf Mine, and farther south was the subject of a lot of fighting. The Apache didn't give up easily.
ReplyDelete'92 saw plenty of cross border raids in AZ. An Apache would be next to useless in MT.
DeleteAnd scouts weren't assigned to regiments. They were hired locally.
It takes an Apache to catch an Apache, they used to say in AZ.
ReplyDeleteIt would be interesting to know what came of Desar. The area of the White Wolf Mine, and farther south was the subject of a lot of fighting
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