The further upstream, the more rapid the river becomes.

After galloping for about twenty minutes, the trio finally came to the source of this unknown river, the Madison River.

Then, the Madison River continued to trot deeper into the mountains, another full hour. At just after ten o'clock, the group finally reached the confluence of the Madison and Missouri rivers.

At the confluence of the two rivers is a large natural reservoir that flows down the Madison River, creating a curtain of water-shaped waterfalls.

The waterfall rushes vertically downstream, and when it hits the surface of the natural reservoir downstream, it causes a splash of water that causes the surrounding air to carry a noticeable hazy vapour.

Under the strong refraction of sunlight, these water vapors form iridescent ripples.

At a glance, the blue sky, rivers, waterfalls, mountains, jungles, the whole scenery is like a fairyland, beautiful and dreamy.

"It's beautiful, isn't it?" Austin took a deep breath of air in the direction of the falls, then turned to his wife and sighed.

"Yes! It's so beautiful here! Pei Pei couldn't help but open her arms as she spoke, and then she narrowed her eyes slightly, and sat quietly on horseback to feel the beautiful scenery.

By this time, old Lyme had already turned over and dismounted, and then picked up a whistle hanging from his neck, put it in his mouth and blew it vigorously—

The rapid whistle echoed at the confluence of rivers surrounded by mountains, bringing the young couple back to reality from their dreams.

Immediately afterward, a series of whistles in response were heard from the upper reaches of the Missouri River in the distance.

Old Lem immediately turned his head and shouted to the young couple: "Get off the horse." Lead the horse with me! So saying, he took the two reins in his hand. Take the lead in the direction of the whistle.

Pei Pei and Austin also didn't care about enjoying the view, so they quickly dismounted and grabbed the reins to follow the back of old Lem.

The group led their horses and tread through a shallow river beach before heading upstream along the banks of the Missouri River. After walking for about seven or eight minutes. At a glance, Pei Pei spotted the leader of the brown bear tribe who had come to greet them.

There were two people leading the way, and they were standing on the upstream bank of the river, smiling and waving vigorously to their people.

There are also two rows of rafts on the bank of the river, and from a distance, the length of the rafts is about five to six meters, and the width is about one and a half meters.

"This raft is also rudimentary, and I don't know if it can carry our four horses?" After muttering to herself, Pei Pei led her horse and followed old Lem and walked over to the Indians who had come to greet them.

"I'm sorry. We were delayed on the road for a while, how long have you waited? Old Lem waved his hand, and greeted the two Indians who were walking towards them.

"It's okay, we're only half an hour early." One of the Indians stepped forward with a smile and took the reins from Old Lem's hand.

The two Indians who had come to pick her up, Pei Pei, knew each other well, and the Indian who had just taken the reins from old Lyme was named Coyote, and the other Indian who followed the Coyote seemed to be called Boar Tooth.

Speaking of the origin of the Indians' names, Pei Pei once curiously asked Old Lime why their names were related to some animals. After the explanation of the old Lem. Pei Pei learned that every Indian would have at least two names in his life.

The first name is a milk name, which is used for life memorization. For example, when a North American Indian is born. The midwife had to go down to the river to fetch some water to bathe the baby. If she comes back and says she heard a wolf howling on the other side of the river, the baby's mother will say, "Well, let's call our baby 'Wolf Howl in the Night'." ”

According to old Lem. The Indian boy "Wolf Tail", whom Pei Pei was familiar with, got his name from when he was born. His father had just hunted a wild wolf, and the father put the cleaned wolf skin on the swaddling side of his newborn son. The baby grinned and grabbed the tail from the wolf's skin, and since then, he has been known as "wolf tail".

Each Indian will keep his name until he can earn a new name for himself.

The new name depends on how well he fought in the first battle, such as "Coyote" or "Boar's Tooth", which is obviously based on the type of prey they caught when they first went on a hunt as an adult.

Old Lem also told Sù that an Indian has many opportunities in his life to improve his reputation and acquire new names. If an Indian warrior was brave in a recent battle and caught a very brave prey, he would have received a better name for it.

For example, "Fierce Bull". The fierce bull was not called a fierce bull before, not to mention the milk name, the first name he received as an adult was "python", which came from the prey he obtained when he hunted for the first time. Later, because he captured a strong male bison because of his celibacy, he changed his name to "Fierce Bull".

Some fighters have as many as a dozen names, and each one is louder than the other. Moreover, the older the Indians, or the more powerful the Indian warriors, the less likely they were to show off their bravery by mentioning their names in public.

On the way here, Old Lyme once told Sù Pei Pei mysteriously that the current "fierce bull" is no longer called "fierce bull"! He had a new name, and—the origin of that name was related to Pei Pei.

Pei Pei's first reaction was related to the golden eagle, so she guessed with great interest.

After guessing several names such as "Golden Eagle", "Divine Condor", "Golden Feather", "Fierce Eagle" and so on, Old Lem sold Guan Zi with a smile, and he did not answer whether Pei Pei was right or wrong, but asked Pei Pei to meet the people in the tribe for a while, and let her verify it herself.

Therefore, as soon as Pei Pei saw the two Indians who came to greet them, she immediately couldn't wait to say hello: "Hey, coyote, boar tooth!" I heard that the Fierce Bull has changed its name now? ”

Without waiting for the two of them to answer, Pei Pei had already reported all the names she had guessed before, and then asked, "Which of the names I just guessed is correct?" ”

After the coyote and the boar tooth looked at each other, the coyote replied with a smile, "I can't tell you his new name now!" According to the rules of our Indians, the new name of an elder or a warrior of status should not be flaunted to others without his permission. Therefore, I must get his permission before I can tell you his new name. ”

When Pei Pei heard this, she muttered, "Since he has a new name now, what should I call him after I meet him later?" You can't keep calling him 'Fierce Bull', can you? ”

Coyote replied with a smile: "It's okay, if you call him 'Fierce Bull', he will say yes too!" ”

At this time—

Old Lem shouted, "Alright, stop chatting! Don't look at what time it is! Hurry up and help out, unpack all your bags and put them on the raft. ”

Hearing old Lem shout, the coyote shrugged his shoulders at Pei Pei with a smile, and then patted the boar tooth next to him, motioning for the other party to come over and join him.

Austin consciously led his horses and helped them carry their bags to the raft.

After a few minutes, all the bags were untied from the horses and placed on the raft.

Then the coyote fixed the two rows of rafts one after the other, and then fastened the first row of rafts to the saddles of the two stronger horses with ropes.

Before Pei Pei could ask, the coyote turned to her and explained, "You have brought too many bags, and we have to go upriver on this section of the river, so let the horses drag the raft on the bank for a while, and when we have crossed this section of the river and reached another tributary upstream, we can get on the raft pole and go downstream." ”

Pei Pei nodded in understanding, and then she saw that the coyote and the boar tooth had begun to whip up the horse.

At this time, Austin turned and stretched out his arm to his wife, and Pei Pei immediately put her hand on it.

In this way, the young couple supported each other (basically Pei Pei was supporting Austin), followed behind the two Indians in front of them, and walked all the way up the river.

After walking for about an hour and a half, we finally came to the tributary river in the coyote's mouth.

The rushing water upstream forms an inverted "Y" shape with a large slit, and the source of the tributary is exactly the right fork of this inverted "Y" shape. Therefore, if you carry a raft from the source of the tributary, you can go down the river.

So, the men drove the horses onto the raft and sat on it, while the coyotes and boar teeth began to prop up the pole and go down the river.

Because it is a reason to go all the way, the strength of the two of them does not take too much, and the speed is also very fast.

On the way, a few people sat on a raft and ate some dry food and dried meat that they carried with them, which served as lunch pads.

After about an hour and a half of the raft traveled along this tributary, the group finally saw the small people and low villages on the banks of the river ahead.

Pei Pei raised her hand and looked at her watch, the whole trip this time, the time was significantly faster than the first time she went to the brown bear tribe jungle camp, and it was just after one o'clock in the afternoon, and their group had already arrived at the destination of the trip.

At this time—

Coyotes and boar teeth put their hands to their mouths in the shape of trumpets, and in the direction of the village, they let out a rhythmic "Aroa Ao~~~~~~" (to be continued......