{"id":9624,"date":"2016-08-10T20:07:59","date_gmt":"2016-08-10T20:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgethomasclark.com\/?p=9624"},"modified":"2016-08-12T18:15:32","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T18:15:32","slug":"remingtons-waterhole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgethomasclark.com\/remingtons-waterhole\/","title":{"rendered":"Water Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u201cHelp us, please,\u201d says an erect white man shooting his rifle.<\/p>\n
\t\u201cWhat should I do?\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\u201cPick up a rifle and start firing.\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\u201cYou and your partner have the only two.\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\u201cThen go get help.\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\u201cYou deserve help from an Indian scout?\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\u201cSure. My buddy and I\u2019d be happy to just give the Indians the whole damn thing. What\u2019s it matter. My horses\u2019s dead, his eye scary-big-open white, and my buddy\u2019s horse is about dead, and savages are circling fast.\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\u201cWould you be willing to surrender the water, or even share it, if Frederic Remington had painted ‘Fight over a Waterhole’ favoring you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\u201cI reckon.\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\u201cI reckon you\u2019d take the waterhole and the plains and the mountains and put all of us on reservations.\u201d<\/p>\n