1840 Indian Rebirth

Chapter 90 [Sleepy Man]

Judgment, Oak doesn't know what this strange word means.

Indians have almost no concept of law, and even though there are some basic social norms such as "kill for life", they have never conducted judicial trials.

Ma Shao didn't explain too much, because the explanation process would involve several new words, and it would take at least a few minutes to explain clearly, so he just said: "Tomorrow you will know."

The Apaches of the Chiricahua tribe followed the horse posts to Sleeping Bear, and they soon saw almost a thousand captives being placed, and of course many corpses being collected.

As a person who had fought with the horse whistle, Oak had somewhat expected this, so he wasn't too surprised.

But others are different.The Chiricahua people, who had not participated in the last Arapaho battle, saw so many captives and corpses, and they all talked a lot.

"How many enemies have they defeated, these captives look like a thousand! There are so many corpses!"

"I heard that the Comanche, the Arapaho, and the Cheyenne gathered a total of five tribes. There are probably at least 500 people in total to attack Sleeping Bear."

"It's unbelievable that the plain tribes defeated five tribes alone!"

"Look at their weapons, they are all muskets... Are muskets really that useful?"

A tall teenager frowned, and seemed to have this expression all the time, observing the astonishing number of corpses.

After a while, he couldn't help asking his own question: "Why didn't you scalp it?"

It was only then that the Chiricahuas noticed that none of the scalps of the killed Comanche, Cheyenne, and Arapaho were missing. Prove blindness.

Hearing his question, Ma Shao didn't look back, and explained: "Mian Xiong abolished this tradition. We only shoot the heads of living people, not scalping dead people."

"Then how do you count your military exploits?" The young man stepped forward and asked again.

"Observers will use binoculars to observe the entire battlefield, and of course they will also count battle exploits, and our battle exploits are mainly counted by team." Ma Whistle said slowly.

"telescope?"

Ma Shuo took out his own binoculars, turned his head and handed it to the young man: "This is it. Put this end in front of your eyes, and then look into the distance."

The young man did as he said, and then he couldn't help but wonder: "This... what kind of magic is this?"

The horse whistle smiled: "It's technology. Just like the bow you use, it can make the arrow fly out because of the elasticity, not some magic spell."

The boy was still confused, frowning and looking at the inconspicuous telescope in his hand.

"If you want to know the specific reason, you can go to him later, his name is Fengsheng, an excellent battlefield observer, he will tell you how the telescope works." The horse whistle pointed to Fengsheng not far away.

"Okay." The boy returned the binoculars to him, and then said, "You count military exploits according to the team, so even if someone kills a lot of enemies, even if someone kills a hundred Arapahos than me, he won't get a separate award." Reward?"

"Hahaha!" Oak couldn't help laughing, "Young man, no one can kill so many enemies."

An old man next to the boy said with a little embarrassment: "The sleepy man has just become a warrior, he is too young, sometimes very childish."

Ma Whistle didn't take it seriously, and continued: "Soldiers who perform particularly well can of course also receive exclusive rewards, but they are a minority, and there will be fewer and fewer—with the development of muskets, personal bravery will become more and more powerful." It doesn't matter, the collective cooperation is the key."

After finishing speaking, he couldn't help but look at the boy a few more times: "You're called a sleepy man?"

"Yes." The sleepy man replied.

Ma Shao didn't say anything, but he was a little confused, because he felt that he seemed to have heard this name before, but he couldn't remember it at all. Obviously, his impression was very shallow, and he might have just glanced at it somewhere.

After thinking about it, Ma Shao finally only thought of a certain man named "Sleeping King" in later generations.

When you think of Sleeping King, you will inevitably think of Knowing King.

And thinking of knowing the king, Ma Shao couldn't help but a lot of fragments of ghosts and animals appeared in Ma Shao's mind, and his thoughts gradually drifted away.

Later, when the horse post and the shamans were treating the wounded, a soldier came to report: "The chief, the owl wants to see you."

Ma Shao thought for a moment: "I see, I'll go there later."

A moment later he came to the place where the owls were kept, a small separate tent guarded by two soldiers.

"Chief Owl, do you have any last words?" Horse Whistle said in Comanche.

Hearing this, the owl's already pale face became even more bloodless, and he said in a panic: "I... I was deceived by Square Face! What I didn't want to do was that he lied to me that Sleeping Bear forcibly annexed the Shuanglang Clan !"

"So you realize now that the Shuanglang clan is indeed a part of Sleeping Bear?" Ma Shao asked.

The owl nodded quickly: "Yes, yes, of course... There is no doubt about it, it's all square face lying to me!"

He continued to defend, but his words were flustered and weak, like a repeater, almost only knowing that he was deceived by the square face repeatedly.

The horse whistle didn't listen carefully, and thought for a while: "I can save your life, but only if you are honest enough."

The owl seemed to have grasped the life-saving straw, and its eyes lit up: "I will promise you, I will promise you anything!"

Horse Whistle looked at him and said calmly: "Let me tell you what I want first. My goal from the very beginning is to unify all the native peoples on this continent, and make the Apaches, Arapahos, Comanches , Cheyenne people... all tribes have merged into one, and I have never concealed this purpose."

"In order to achieve this goal, I will not necessarily use force, but if someone stops me, I will definitely use force to fight back."

"This is the only thing I care about most. As for your life or death, it doesn't matter to me at all."

After a pause, Ma Shao continued: "So, do you know how to please me?"

Owl nodded quickly: "I know."

"I hope you really know." The horse sentry said, "I will arrange for the prisoners to reclaim the farmland the day after tomorrow, and you are among them. I will not harm you, and I will even give you food and a little wages. I don't want to see the prisoners Any confusion, especially among the Comanche captives, if it arises, is your responsibility."

Leaving from the owl, the horse whistle made contact with several other captured chiefs and war chiefs to understand their attitudes.

The more stubborn people should naturally be executed, and the relatively weaker people can save their lives.

Of course, tomorrow's trial process still has to go, procedural justice.Sanctimoniousness is a necessary condition of civilization.

(End of this chapter)