1840 Indian Rebirth

Chapter 70 [Tent Keeping]

"The Sleeping Bear clan is a member of the Apache Plains tribe, and as far as I know, their relationship with the tribe is not harmonious." Owl said with a smile, and then looked at the high priest beside him, "That's right, right? ?”

The high priest nodded: "To be precise, there is a tense relationship between the horse post and the chief tent guard of the Apache Plain tribe. It is said that because of the Arapaho captive, the tent guard almost killed him."

The owl continued: "As long as we talk about the matter with the tent guard and let him order the horse post to hand over the Shuanglang clan, I believe the Sleeping Bear clan will definitely encounter trouble."

"Maybe this can directly provoke a civil war among the Apaches. When they are in a civil war, we will make a move. No matter what we do, it will be much easier..."

Oklahoma.

Of course, this is what later generations said. Today’s Oklahoma, like Kansas, is also a territory acquired by the United States through the Louisiana Purchase. It has no organizational system, no state government, and no official title.

This is probably the densest area of ​​Indians in North America, because there are a large number of Indian reservations here, and the Indians defeated by the United States will be driven to the reservations.

There are also some places that are not reservations, but traditional Indian living areas.For example, the Apache Plains tribe, most of whose clans are located in western Oklahoma.

The Canada River is the largest tributary of the Arkansas River and the main river in Oklahoma, running from east to west.

As for why there is a river called Canada in the United States, this is still an unsolved mystery... neither Americans nor Canadians can tell.

To the Indians, the river had no confusing name.

Indians generally call it the Red River.

The Plains tribes of the Apache are located on the banks of the Red River.

The tent guard chief is carefully inspecting the tent he lives in, frowning and turning every corner, his seriousness is almost like checking the airtightness.

After a while, he found a hole in a certain corner, the hole couldn't even fit a little finger, but it made his face show a trace of rejoicing.

"Great chief, what are you doing?" The tent's entrance was left open, and he came in from the outside on a rainy day, asking in surprise.

Shou tent stood up, a little embarrassed: "ah, it's nothing. It's raining, what can you do?"

Rainy Day said: "Great Chief, I am going to expand the classroom to better popularize the Apache language to the tribe."

Keeping the tent is not interested in this: "That thing is useless, isn't one class enough?"

Even though this answer was not beyond the expectation of the rainy day, he still couldn't help but secretly sighed, and then said the words he had prepared: "Writing can help us record the will of the Great Spirit, only—"

He cut off abruptly when an Apache warrior came in from outside.

"Chief, a Comanche envoy from outside the tribe wants to see you," said the soldier.

"Comanche?" Both the tent guard and the rainy day were a little surprised, and then followed the soldiers, and saw the Comanche envoy at the entrance of the tribe after a while.

A man in his early thirties with two big braids hanging in front of his body.

"Dear Chief of the Apache Plains Tribe, I am the envoy from the Comanche Forest tribe. You can call me 'Long Step'." The envoy said with a bow.

Shou tent nodded: "Well, hello, Changbu. Your chief asked you to come here, what do you want to say to me?"

Changbu spoke fluent Apache: "The Chief Owl wants me to protest to your tribe."

"Protest?" Tent guards and rainy days both frowned.

Changbu continued: "The Sleeping Bear Clan under the Plains Tribe used deceit and solicitation to annex the Comanche clan Shuanglang Clan in the north and force the Comanche people to learn the Apache language..."

"The two clans are not in a state of war. Chief Owl hopes that you can stop the actions of the Sleeping Bear clan immediately, and order Chief Sleeping Bear to release the Twin Wolf clan. Otherwise, the Comanche will consider calling a coalition to counter Apache's aggression."

Shou tent was stunned for a moment, and then shouted: "What, Ma Wiao dared to do such a thing!"

Rainy Tian was startled, and quickly said: "Chief, I'm afraid this is not true. You know the character of Ma Wiao, he would never do such a thing."

"That's right, I know what he's like - arrogant, arrogant, insidious and cunning! He's a disgrace to Apache!" Tent Shou blurted out, he didn't like the horse post at all, and he didn't kill the horse last time Whistle made him regret it.

On a rainy day, his brows were tightly furrowed, his expression changed for a while, but he didn't know what to say.

He has already made countless attempts to restore the relationship between tent guards and horse posts.

Unfortunately, his efforts ultimately failed.

The rainy day has clearly realized that it is useless to say anything now.

In the final analysis, guarding the tent and the horse post are not the same people, and the two are destined to have frequent contact, and antagonism is an inevitable result.

Changbu was about to say something more, but Shou tent said directly: "Don't worry, I promise as the great chief of the Apache Plain tribe, I will give Comanche an explanation."

Changbu immediately said: "Thank you, the wise chief who keeps the tent."

until he leaves.

Rainy day asked: "Great chief, how do you plan to deal with this matter?"

Guarding the tent pondered for a moment, his eyes flickered for a moment, and finally said: "Of course I ordered the horse post to release the Shuanglang clan."

"What if he doesn't want to?" Rain added, "or is it not the way the Comanche described it?"

"I'll talk to him personally." Shou tent didn't say much to him, then turned and left.

After he returned to the tent, he closed the tent first, then found a piece of cowhide himself, and sewed up the tiny hole he just found in the tent.

Looking at the repaired tent, Tenten Shou couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, a sense of security appeared on his face.

……

In order to have enough land before the spring planting, all the labor force of the Sleeping Bear Clan has been busy cultivating the land recently.

In the fields along the Arkansas River, hundreds of tribesmen are busy every day, and horse posts are also involved from time to time.

Although most of the clansmen are not skilled farmers, thanks to the favorable land conditions nearby and reasonable planning, the expansion speed of farmland is still considerable.

So far, the Mianxiong clan has owned more than [-] mu of farmland, with an average per capita of more than [-] mu.If there are advanced technical conditions, this is enough food to become the main food of the Sleeping Bear Clan.

It's a pity that most people's agricultural skills are not enough, and it will take at least a year to truly complete the transformation.

Ma Shao was dressed as a farmer and stood in the field leaning on a hoe, which reminded him of his childhood in the countryside in his previous life.

"Clod, when will you plant corn?" he asked the clod.Corn is a good thing. The United States of later generations is the largest corn producer in the world, and Kansas is also one of the most important corn producing states in the United States.

CLOUD: "A few more days will be the perfect time."

The two were talking, and the clod said: "Chief, will we always be in this system?"

"You mean public ownership of land and collective production?"

"Yes."

Ma Shao pondered: "The land will always be owned by the public, but the collective production is temporary. We are not yet familiar with agriculture, and we must learn from and help each other in the farming process. The food produced in this way should naturally be under the unified control of the clan."

"But once we get familiar with agriculture, the production of food should be distributed to each family, and the clan as the landowner only collects a small amount of food. As for the future..."

Seeing that he didn't go on, the soil block couldn't help asking: "What about the future?"

"Nothing." The horse whistle did not continue.

Of course, there will be mechanized farms in the future, but at this time, even Standard Oil and Ford Motors have not yet been seen, and the mechanized large-scale farms of the United States in later generations are even more early.

Leaving from the farmland and just returning to the clan, Ma Shao learned a news that surprised him.

"The chief wants to see me?"

(End of this chapter)