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.
Saturday, April 6, 2019
I wonder if the rifle was his or provided by the photographer as a prop.
La-Roo-Ra-Shar-Roo-Cosh (Man That Left His Enemy Lying In The Water) and with La-Roo-Rutk-A-Haw-La-Shar (Night Chief), Pawnee, with Peace Medals - Jackson - 1868
Looks kind of old for the times, I thought muskets were on the way out by then, with repeating rifles coming to the fore. I would have guessed it was his...
Looks kind of old for the times, I thought muskets were on the way out by then, with repeating rifles coming to the fore. I would have guessed it was his...
ReplyDeleteThe rifle appears to be an 1861 model Springfield.
ReplyDelete1868. I'm guessin' it's a prop because the Native Americans gave up their weapons for good treatment by the Gov't which promises us the same.
ReplyDeleteIf it's a prop, then I think the photog's not getting it back.
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