1840 Indian Rebirth

Chapter 122 [Alexander Donivan]

Kansas is not yet a state, with a sparse population, no local government, no governor or governor, and even no name. It can almost be said to be a nominal territory of the United States.

The temporary management here is of course the army stationed nearby.

The closest American military base to Sleeping Bear City is Fort Leavenworth, more than 500 kilometers away.To Americans, Leavenworth already belonged to the Midlands, but to Indians, it was no different from Missouri.

Thousands of miles away, the Sleeping Bear clan has always been peaceful. After Mashao became the chief, he has never done anything like looting or massacre. Naturally, Fort Leavenworth is too lazy to go so far to talk to him, so he There is no intersection with Fort Leavenworth.

Still, the Whistle had its eyes on Fort Leavenworth.In fact, he will record everything about this military base.

So of course he recognized the general, Stephen Waters Carney, brigadier general.

Don't look like a "brigadier general", but the US regular army in this era has only tens of thousands of people, and there are only a handful of generals. The highest rank is major general. A brigadier general who commands two to 3000 people is definitely a front-line military boss.

"Are you the Sleeping Bear clan?" Horse Post knew Carney, but Carney hardly knew him.

"No." Horse Whistle shook his head slightly, "This is outdated news. I am now the great chief of the Apache Plain tribe, and the city behind me is Sleeping Bear City. The term Sleeping Bear Clan no longer exists."

General Carney thought for a while: "Plain Tribe. I have a little impression that your original great chief seems to be called Gorkohn. Is he dead?"

He didn't understand Apache, and what he said was a transliterated name that was obviously off the mark.

Horse Whistle: "The great chief who guarded the tent unfortunately died of a snake bite. As the war chief, I inherited the position of the great chief."

General Carney nodded slightly: "It can be seen that you are a qualified war chief. What should I call you?"

"Horse Whistle." In the end, Horse Whistle did not give himself an official free translation name, "If you are not used to the Apache pronunciation, you can also call me 'Isaac Albert', which is what I gave myself an English name."

If it is 100 years later, whoever dares to name himself Isaac Albert will attract attention wherever he goes.

But now, it's still a normal name.

"Okay, Great Chief Albert." Carney chose this more casual address, and then looked at the cavalry behind the horse post, "Your soldiers look good, but I don't think you're here to fight us .”

"Of course." Ma Shuo said bluntly, "We don't like war, let alone start a war with an opponent far stronger than ourselves."

General Carney smiled: "A wise choice."

The sound of the horse whistle was magnetic and full of air, and the English was also standard. The officers behind Carney and some soldiers in front could hear clearly.

"Cook, do you believe me now?" Donivan looked at the officer who had laughed at him before.

Cook touched his chin: "Indeed, I have never seen such an Indian. This Albert is very unusual. At least, I think his English is more standard than yours."

"." Donivan was silent for half a second. "Facts have proved that not all Indians are barbarians."

"Okay, Justice Alexander Donivan." Cook didn't care, and pointed behind him, "but this is just an example, meaningless. Look at those guys behind me, they are also white, but Woolen cloth?"

He was referring to some of the soldiers behind him.

These soldiers looked a little special. They were poorly equipped, even disheveled, and had wandering eyes. They seemed to have no will to fight. They were worse than militiamen and more like a group of captives.

"They just chose a different belief," Donivan said.

"Faith? Mormonism is also a faith?" Cook's tone was full of disdain, "I think you should say such things less, and your reputation will be stink because of it in the future."

Donivan apparently doesn't think so: "I think the opposite is true. In the future, I will be respected for my choices. I never regret my defense. Mormons will gradually become free, just like black people. "

"You have to be careful, don't let the general overhear." Cook turned his head and smiled.

Donivan: "I'm not an abolitionist."

"Is there a difference?" Cook said offhandedly. "Trust me, not many people think it's a big difference, and it's going to be less and less."

"Of course." Donivan argued. "Abolitionists are generous. They don't have slaves themselves, but they want slave owners to give up slaves for nothing. I just think that abolition is the trend of the future."

Cook: "Maybe. But one day, there will only be two kinds of people left in the United States, staunch slave owners, and staunch abolitionists."

After a pause, he continued: "People like you who approve of the abolition of slavery, but who are slave owners themselves, will have to make a choice sooner or later."

Donivan said nothing.

The whites talked.

General Carney in front also continued to talk to the horse post: "If the Mexicans were as wise as you, I believe there would be no such war. It's a pity that the Mexicans are too stupid. They will pay the price for their aggression."

In the American narrative, the origin of the war was the Mexican invasion of the United States.Polk declared: The Mexicans have invaded our borders and spilled American blood on American soil.

The reason for saying this is that it was indeed the Mexican who fired the first shot.

The Americans first stepped into the disputed area, and then the Mexicans fired the first shot, and the Americans invaded Mexico in the name of self-defense.Ultimately, the United States would take half of Mexico's territory and bring it under the Manifest Destiny map.

Ma Shuo didn't comment on this, but kept a polite smile.

Seeing his attitude, General Carney was a little surprised, and then continued: "As far as I know, the Mexicans are the biggest enemy of the Apaches."

"Traditionally, this is indeed the case." Ma Whistle said.

General Carney was taken aback: "Traditionally?"

The horse whistle said slowly: "We have abandoned many traditions, just like Sleeping Bear is no longer a clan, we no longer regard the Mexicans as the primary enemy. At least the plains tribes do so."

General Carney asked, "Who do you see as your primary enemy now? The Pawnees, the Arapaho, or...the Americans?"

"No one is anyone, or the real enemy is only ourselves." Ma Shao said, "Subjectively, we don't want to be enemies with anyone, we just want to surpass ourselves."

General Carney was silent.

half an hour.

He said again: "So, for this war, your attitude is neutral?"

(End of this chapter)