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.
Lewis and Clark demonstrated his air rifle to each tribe. It could fire a thousand shots. You really don't want to be in Indian territory without the means to wipe them out.
That painting is, "A MATCHING OF INSTINCTS", by Dann Jacobus.
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A scene used a number of times in movies - The Revenant comes to mind...
ReplyDeleteLewis and Clark demonstrated his air rifle to each tribe. It could fire a thousand shots. You really don't want to be in Indian territory without the means to wipe them out.
ReplyDeleteUsed in (I think) The Patriot and used (I know) in The first Lord of the Rings.
ReplyDeleteAlso used in countless hide-and-seek episodes.
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