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, June 3, 2023
Mrs. Latati and Agate Ogden Finley, two Native American women on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana - Boos - 1905-1907
When the early Jesuit fathers preached to Hurons and Choctaws, They prayed to be delivered from the vengeance of the squaws. 'Twas the women, not the warriors, turned those stark enthusiasts pale. For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.
That's a great pipe she's holding..a very large piece of Catlinite was needed to make it.....
ReplyDeleteIt traveled a long way from Minnesota to get to Montana.....
ReplyDeleteIs that a hash pipe???
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ReplyDeleteIIRC, peaceful proceedings at its source were observed by all.
When the early Jesuit fathers preached
ReplyDeleteto Hurons and Choctaws,
They prayed to be delivered from the
vengeance of the squaws.
'Twas the women, not the warriors,
turned those stark enthusiasts pale.
For the female of the species is more
deadly than the male.