1840 Indian Rebirth

Chapter 8 [Shaman Apprentice]

The horse whistle was called into the tent by the stone crow, and the noise of the clansmen outside continued.

"Who told you about the medical skill that you saved the messy hair just now?" Shi Crow asked.

"It wasn't someone who told me, but I think it should be possible." That's all Ma Shao could say.

Dr. Heimlich, who invented this first aid, died a few years before he was reborn, so he hadn't been born yet.

"That's the revelation of the Great Spirit." Shi Ya immediately made a judgment.

...Okay, if you say yes, then so be it.

The horse whistle didn't refute, and he couldn't refute.

The concept of the great spirit is not as specific as the gods and Buddhas. It is supreme, but it is illusory, mysterious and mysterious, and its personality is very weak. Everything can be attributed to it.

If Daling's personality is further weakened, it is estimated that it can become a synonym for "nature". Therefore, Ma Shao does not have much emotional resistance to this religious concept, so he simply acquiesces.

"It seems that you are very suitable for learning shaman knowledge." Shi Ya said, then looked at the horse whistle with a serious face, his eyes sparkling, "Son, do you want to become a shaman priest?"

Ma Whistle was startled, then hesitated.

Of course he wanted to be a shaman. For Indians, this is an important identity, and having this identity will make it easier for people to recognize him.But if you want to become a shaman, you need to learn a lot of strange things, such as various skills of dancing to the great god...

"how?"

Ma Shao finally decided to take the identity of a shaman, and immediately said: "Yes, I want to learn from a shaman."

Shi Crow smiled: "From now on, you are my apprentice, and I will teach you all the knowledge a shaman should have."

Since then, in addition to learning fighting skills with Broken Axe, Ma Shao has to spare time every day to learn shaman culture with Shi Ya.

However, his free time has increased.

In order for him to learn shaman, Shi Ya asked for a lot of class hours from Duan Fu, the physical education teacher. After all, shaman is a study of brain power. Horse Whistle can always learn quickly, and then he can move freely.

Horse Whistle didn't waste these free time, he started more general physical exercise.

Although combat training can also be considered as physical exercise, it focuses on fighting with cold weapons after all, and does not pay attention to basic physical qualities such as general strength, speed, and endurance.

Broken Ax doesn't understand this either, he only knows how to shoot arrows and throw axes.

In the eyes of the horse sentry, these basic physical qualities are more valuable than the skills of using cold weapons, at least more universal, and are also useful in the era of hot weapons.

In addition, in the process of learning shaman culture, he also had another idea - writing.

The Apache language has no written language, and all culture is passed on orally, so civilization is naturally difficult to develop.

However, as a physics teacher, Ma Shao was at a loss for what to do. He had no knowledge of linguistics, or could programming in C language be considered?

Maybe you can try to bring Chinese over here?

"...21, 22, 23..." Ma Shao was thinking about language while doing push-ups.

At this moment, Shi Ya came in from outside the tent, saw his movements, and couldn't help asking, "What are you doing?"

"This is a dance I invented." Ma Shao found that dance is a concept easily accepted by the tribe.

Shi Ya nodded, did not ask any more questions, but changed the topic: "There is good news, a brother clan is coming to join us."

"Go to us?"

"That's right." It can be seen that Stone Crow is in a good mood, "Although we lost many female clan members a few months ago, the situation of this brother clan is more critical. In a conflict with the Mexicans, their men Almost all died."

It turned out to be the case.

Now that winter has begun, life is becoming more and more difficult. A clan without a man can hardly survive the winter and must rely on others.The old and young men of the Mianxiong Clan are of course very happy about this.

"We have sent a team to meet them, and we will be able to see them in three days," Shi Crow added.

"Little Whistle, you'd better get ready. During the clan union ceremony, I will let you whistle a song for our sisters who came from afar... Your whistle is so exquisite, they will definitely like you!"

The sound attribute of the horse whistle has been spread among the clan, and people always ask him to play a tune, so he is naturally indispensable for such a grand occasion.

three days later.

On a cold but clear evening, amidst the eager anticipation of all the men of the Sleeping Bear clan, the brother clan from the southwest finally arrived at the camp.

Or it should be called the Sister Clan. Ma Shao took a look from a distance and felt that except for the guards sent by the Mianxiong Clan, almost all of them were women, and there were probably eighty or ninety of them.

The leader of these women is a woman in her 30s. Her facial features are fairly delicate, but she is a bit tall, and she still holds an ax in her hand.

"Who is this woman?"

People were talking.

Someone explained: "She is the red woman, the third wife of their chief. After all their men died, she is now leading the tribe."

Most Indian tribes support polygamy, and Chief Sleeping Bear and Stone Crow also have two wives.

However, for small groups, three wives are still a bit much.

When the team arrived at the camp, the red girl got off her horse, let out a breath, then bowed slightly and said, "Chief Sleeping Bear."

"Welcome, sisters of the clan." Chief Sleeping Bear came out to welcome you, holding a scepter and smiling.

After a simple greeting, the old chief waved his hand: "Get ready to make fire!"

For all civilizations, fire is sacred.This is especially true in the civilization of the Stone Age, where flames are always necessary for important events and festivals.

Following the chief's order, several men with thick arms appeared on the stage.

These men, like most of the tribesmen who participated in the ceremony, were painted on their bodies and faces, but the patterns were all in the shape of flames.

Their unusually thick arms hold a firebow.

The fire bow is a tool for drilling wood to make fire. It is a bow in form. When making fire, its bowstring is wrapped around a wooden stick, and then the wood is drilled through repeated pulling movements.

This method is an improved version of drilling wood to make fire, which reduces the risk of hand scratches and is more efficient.From the perspective of action, it can also be described as "sawing wood to make fire".

Right now, these guys with fire patterns are the experts in making fire in the clan, and all the flames used in the clan come from their hands.

The fire-making competition between them is often the opening of important ceremonies.

"start!"

As soon as the words fell, several people began to compete in sawing wood crazily, and their faces turned red in a blink of an eye, and a burning smell quickly filled the air.

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo."

It's a pity that this process didn't last long. After only about half a minute, a man raised a flame and shouted to announce the victory of the game.His name is Quick Fire, and he is the one who has won the most fire games.

Two seconds later, the other person also finished making the fire, but he was dejected-victory always belongs to only one person.

The chief took over the winner's flame and lit the bonfire in the center of the camp: "Let's start the ceremony. After tonight, our ancestors will be reunited!"

(End of this chapter)