To: NativeSon
i am reminded of the immortal words of Red Cloud of the Lakota Nation:
"the hairy faces came among us and made us many promises.
more promises than there are leaves on all the trees.
but of all the promises they made, they kept just one.
they said they would take our land away!"
free dixie,sw
67 posted on
01/07/2004 9:45:25 AM PST by
stand watie
(Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. ,T. Jefferson)
To: stand watie
It reminds me of the (apocryphal?) story of an Indian chief who was asked what one piece of advice he would give the U.S. President: "Watch your immigration policies!"
Re: Jackson owning slaves. His wife had slaves ... who owned them? Was legal ownership never transferred from her father? If it was, wouldn't the husband (Jackson) be the legal owner, even though he scrupulously spoke of "your (Anna's) garden," "your orchard," etc.? I admit I'm not up on marital-property law of the time.
70 posted on
01/07/2004 9:51:27 AM PST by
Tax-chick
(I reserve the right to disclaim all January 2004 posts after the BABY is born!)
To: stand watie
"the hairy faces came among us and made us many promises. more promises than there are leaves on all the trees. but of all the promises they made, they kept just one. they said they would take our land away!"
Wasn't that line used by the Chief in the movie "The Outlaw Josie Wales."?
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