Manifest Destiny!

(Blood) understood the Native mind.
He said: "We must be firm but kind."
A Mutiny resulted.
I never shall forget the way 
That Blood upon this awful day 
Preserved us all from death. 
He  stood  upon a little mound, 
Cast his lethargic eyes around, 
And said beneath his breath: 
"Whatever happens we have got 
The Maxim Gun, and they have not." 

Hillaire Belloc, The Modern Traveller.  1898.

Photo of Henry Morton Stanley, who carried a Maxim gun on one of his expeditions.  

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