1840 Indian Rebirth

Chapter 142 [Apache Tribe]

"I mean 'Apache Tribe,'" Oak added.

After defeating the Comanche Tri-Clan Alliance, Ma Shuo proposed to other tribes to form an "Apache Tribe" to include all Apaches into the same tribe.

The other tribes did not reply to this proposal at that time, and the horse sentry did not ask them to give a reply.

Until today, Oak was finally the first to give an answer, or to ask: "What specific ideas do you have about forming the Apache tribe? Let all the Apaches move into Sleeping Bear City?"

Horse Whistle: "Basically, I hope that most of the Apaches will move into Sleeping Bear City, or establish a village near the city."

"Countryside?" Oak frowned slightly, "But the vast majority of Apaches are hunters."

Horse Whistle: "Safari is unsustainable, and the future Apache people will inevitably use agriculture and animal husbandry as a way to obtain food."

After a pause, he continued: "You may not realize how alarming the extinction rate of the buffalo herd is. It won't be long before we find a large herd of bison."

Oak thought for a while: "How many farmers are there in Sleeping Bear City?"

Ma Shao: "Almost everyone knows some planting techniques more or less, and the work of most adults is agriculture."

Like most Apaches, Oak is full of doubts about agriculture: "I heard that the harvest of agriculture depends on the weather, sometimes there are many, and sometimes there is no harvest..."

The horse sentry said: "Isn't it the same as hunting to see the bison herd? If the bison herd is not found for several months in a row, the life of the clan will be equally difficult."

"Sleeping Bear City is next to the Arkansas River, the soil is fertile, and the agricultural conditions are among the best in America."

"There is nothing more suitable than agriculture, and the current development of Sleeping Bear City is proof."

If the Indians want to rise, they naturally rely on industry.

Strictly speaking, Sleeping Bear City is actually not suitable for industrial development, mainly because there are no minerals nearby, but Horse Whistle still attaches great importance to it.

Because the agricultural conditions here are so superior that they can almost be described as perfect.

Although agriculture cannot make Indians strong, it is more basic than industry. Without self-sufficient agriculture, everything else is out of the question.

For example, in the United States, the food self-sufficiency rate has remained above 120% for a long time. It is on this basis that there are prosperous secondary and tertiary industries.

It can be said that the development of Sleeping Bear City is mainly the process of a group of Indians frantically making up for the agricultural era.

The results of supplementary lessons are also obvious.

The food produced by Sleeping Bear City can feed tens of thousands of people. For a hunting nation like the Apache, a settlement of tens of thousands of people is simply a miracle.

Even though he is completely unfamiliar with agriculture, Oak has to admit the meaning of agriculture.

Then he thought about it and said: "If I let the Chiricahua tribe join here, what position will my high priest and I take... Of course, the chief must be you, there is no doubt about it."

After experiencing yesterday's Spring Festival event, Oak was convinced that he could not compete with Ma Shuo, and he was no match for Ma Shuo in any field.

But he still cares about his future position and power, at least he doesn't want to be an ordinary hunter or farmer, busy himself for his livelihood.

"Tribal Councilor," said Horse Whistle, "and honorary councilor for life."

"Member?" Oak didn't quite understand the word.

Ma Shao roughly introduced him: "In simple terms, it is a position dedicated to participating in various tribal meetings. I will listen to your opinions at the meetings."

"What is a lifetime honorary member?"

"Member is an honorable position and status, but there is a term limit, one term per year." Ma Shao said slowly, "After anyone has been a member for one year, I will re-examine to determine whether he is eligible to continue to serve. "

"However, as long as the lifetime honorary member does not commit a crime, he can keep this honor forever and receive a certain allowance."

"Of course, there is only honor for life, not power."

In fact, regardless of life or not, reputation or not, the councilors of Sleeping Bear City have no real power.

It can even be said that the parliament is a secretarial body of the horse post.

In the future, the horse post may give the parliament some real power, but it is absolutely impossible now. First, he needs to concentrate power now, and second, there are many incompetent members of parliament.

Many of the current councilors are the chiefs of the clans in the past.

Most of these chiefs are quite old and have little learning ability. They can be a sounding board, but they can't do more things.

Mashao let them become councilors, which also has a large transitional meaning, giving them the title of councilors, so as not to make them feel that they will become "civilians" if they join Sleeping Bear City.

This has proven to be very effective.

Even Oak, a great chieftain of the tribe, was moved by the honor of "Honorary Councilor for Life".

He is not very clear about the meaning of this honor, but firstly, this title sounds very compelling, and secondly, in the description of the horse post, this honor is very rare and high-end.

It's like playing a game. When a novice player reveals a purple outfit for the first time while fighting monsters in the wild, he will be very excited no matter whether the purple outfit is really valuable or useful.

It's human nature.

People have an instinctive desire for rare things.

Even if it is artificially rare, even if it is meaninglessly rare.

"Okay, I agree to form the 'Apache Tribe' and call on the Apaches of the Chiricahua tribe to move to Sleeping Bear City." Oak finally said.

Ma Shuo couldn't help smiling: "Since it's the 'Apache Tribe', let's talk to other tribes as well. It's best to get the support of all tribes at once."

Most of the foreigners who came to Mianxiong City to participate in the Spring Festival gathering were ordinary envoys, but those from the same clan were more important figures, including the chiefs of the four tribes, who were specially invited by Mashao.

So in the few days after the end of the Spring Festival event, Mashao's main job was to work with Oak to discuss the merger with several other Apache tribes.

In essence, other tribes joined the plains tribe, but in name several tribes joined together to form an Apache tribe to unify Apache.

In view of the current development results of Sleeping Bear City, the benefits of the merger are so obvious, and the several tribes are of the same family, so there is not much resistance.

The biggest resistance may be the personal interests of the great chiefs of the tribes. After all, who doesn't want to be the boss.

The second is the cost of relocation, which is not a big problem. The Apaches will migrate from time to time, and Sleeping Bear City is rich and powerful, so it can be paid for by itself.

Under the lobbying of Horse Whistle and Oak, three of the four great chiefs who finally came to Sleeping Bear City in person agreed to the merger plan.

The remaining few tribes also expressed their inclination in favor of merging, but they need to go back and discuss with other tribes before making a decision.

(End of this chapter)