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The Law
Oil
24 x 24
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This one's all about attitude. In the western frontier, it took moxie to think you could be a lawman. That's what I tried to paint in this Ranger's face. A self-confidence that these men had to have to live to see another day.
The Rangers were a small contingent of men who were different than the military or militia. Their original duty was to be a buffer between the Whites and hostile navite tribes. One of the earliest references to rangers was in 1835. The privates were enlisted for one year and given $1.25 a day for 'pay, rations, clothing, and horse service.' The Rangers were an irregular body; they were mounted, they furnished their own horses and arms; they had no surgeon, no flag, none of the paraphenalia of the regular service. They were distinct from the regular army and also from the militia. And they did what had to be done in a very difficult time in Texas' development. |
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