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.
Yeah, forgotten as we idealize hunter-gathers is that the best way to be one is to always be on the hunt for the stuff that others have already gathered. So one did not sleep to peacefully...
And, this is a modern fabric-based reconstruction. Actually teepees were more squat and the product of hunting; skinning; labour intensive preparing; then stiching together animal skins using the most primitive of tools and material. That then lasted a season of two at best through four rough seasons and hard wear and tear. As one constantly grubbed for food and shelter, in addition to protection from the elements and everything else.
Until a war party shows up.
ReplyDeleteYeah, forgotten as we idealize hunter-gathers is that the best way to be one is to always be on the hunt for the stuff that others have already gathered. So one did not sleep to peacefully...
ReplyDeleteAnd, this is a modern fabric-based reconstruction. Actually teepees were more squat and the product of hunting; skinning; labour intensive preparing; then stiching together animal skins using the most primitive of tools and material. That then lasted a season of two at best through four rough seasons and hard wear and tear. As one constantly grubbed for food and shelter, in addition to protection from the elements and everything else.