Chapter Twenty-Four: Poison Arrow
After breakfast, Li Cheng helped Claire to get on the horse, and the group entered the territory of the bison, this time Li Cheng opened the way, bypassing the bison foraging place, step by step, crossing the snow grassland where the bison gathered.
It may be that last night's abnormal noise made the druid wolves scared, and they did not chase Li Cheng and the others, and the subsequent trip was relatively smooth, Li Cheng saw many wild animals, most of which were herbivorous and not very aggressive, such as elk, squirrels and the like.
There were no more accidents along the way, and the elder Peake pointed to the wooden houses in front of him and said, "Where is the tribe of rattlesnake Eskimos." ”
Li Cheng and the others, who were at the gate of the tribe, didn't notice the surrounding buildings and terrain, and the two towering arrow towers guarded the safety of the tribe, among which every Inuit warrior in the arrow tower was a sharpshooter!
Because yesterday the federal government sent a special team to parachute into the tribe, which caused some Eskimos to be injured, so they strengthened the tribe's escort Liliang.
The federal government has already begun to use violent means, but fortunately, Noah came back in time, and after communicating with him, he will be given a few days to relocate according to the agreement, the rattlesnake tribe does not have the slightest affection for white people, most of the Eskimos of the rattlesnake tribe are isolated from the world, only Noah has communicated with the people around him, taught himself English, English, not only the leader of the tribe, the shaman (the great witch doctor) is also a diplomatic ambassador, dealing with the communication between the tribe and outsiders.
When the Eskimos defending the tribe saw two whites and an Asian together, their first reaction was that the enemy had invaded the tribe again, and the Inuit archer of the arrow tower did not even have basic communication, so he pulled out the arrows on his backpack and dipped them in the unknown milky white liquid in the pot on his waist.
"Sigh-" The two arrow towers flew out several arrows, flying towards Li Cheng and others outside the wooden door, the red rabbit horse instantly sensed the existence of danger, and after neighing the warning, he pulled Li Cheng to walk backwards, Li Cheng and Claire, who were walking in front, talked and laughed along the way, and saw the strange appearance of the red rabbit, the old Peake glanced at it, the sound of the arrow breaking through the air, so harsh, he hurriedly turned the horse's head and shouted: "Cheng, Claire dodge!" ”
Claire stood in a conspicuous position, within the range of the tower, especially since the arrow dipped in milky white liquid had locked on to her early on.
Li Cheng is relatively close, although on the warning of Chitu, he dodged the pursuit of an arrow, but he still blocked the front, as a man, he should come forward at this time!
Li Cheng, who was leaning sideways, skillfully avoided the fatal part, the arrow slashed through his arm, the blood flowed, Li Cheng fell to the ground, Claire looked worried, squatted down and asked with concern: "Li, are you okay?" ”
"It's fine, it's just a skin wound." Under normal circumstances, this kind of injury can be healed in a few days with a little medicine, of course, without being dipped in venom.
After Li Cheng and the others were attacked, Old Peake found a flag with a rattlesnake totem on the back of Ianos, hung it on a tree pole, and waved it at the Eskimos in the arrow tower.
The stormy offensive stopped in an instant, and Noah gave it to Pique before that, presumably thinking that the flag was a symbol of the tribe. After determining whether it was friend or foe, the Eskimos on the arrow tower knew that they had caused a big disaster, and immediately went to the tribe to find the leader Noah, who was still holding a thin plant with reddish-green leaves in his hand, and at this moment Noah changed into a set of animal skin coats, holding a snake-headed staff and wearing a bear-headed hat, extremely majestic.
Every Eskimo was courteous when he saw Noah, and the Eskimos, who lived in and around the Arctic Circle from Siberia and Alaska to Greenland, lived in Greenland, the United States, Canada, and Russia.
This rattlesnake tribe living in Canada mainly hunts for a living, often fighting wolves, grizzly bears, bison, wild boars and other wild animals, and is deservedly the bravest, most tenacious and most persevering people.
The ancestors of the Eskimos crossed the Bering Strait from Asia to the Americas 10,000 years ago, and were the pioneers of the northern Chinese, who discovered the American continent many years earlier than the so-called Westerners.
After Noah communicated with the surrounding tribesmen in the Eskimo-Aleutian language group of the ancient Asiatic language, he basically understood what the situation was, squatted down and said in English: "Cheng, you shouldn't have come here, now that you have been hit by the poison dart wood, it is better not to move, so as not to spread the toxin throughout the body, now you relax, don't get excited." ”
"Dart poison wood?" Li Cheng was stunned, thinking of the content about poison dart wood that he saw in a certain book, his face was pale, and he felt a sense of suffocation, extremely uncomfortable, there are also poison arrows in the southern region of China, but I didn't expect that there are also poison trees in the Americas?
"What is poison arrow?" Claire looked worried, and at first thought it was just an ordinary trauma, but when she heard what appeared to be the leader of the Eskimos say a strange name, she couldn't help but chuckle.
If it's a poisoned arrow, just a little scratch is enough to be fatal!
"Poison arrow wood was the venom used by the Indians of South America to hunt and defend against foreign enemies, and in the Middle Ages the ancient Indians used poison arrow wood to defend against the British. ”
"No cure?" Claire saw Li Cheng frowning, lying in his arms, and her mood was quite complicated.
"You don't have to worry about this, the poison of the arrow poison wood is too strong, so I took into account the preparation of the antidote when I introduced the arrow poison wood, so I also planted this!" Noah took out a medicinal herb and said, "The red-backed bamboo pole grass is the only antidote to arrow poison wood. ”
Noah put it in his mouth and chewed it for a while, and applied it to Li Cheng's injured part, Li Cheng suddenly felt a cool attack, his body felt a little more comfortable, the feeling of paralysis and suffocation weakened a little, and he was finally able to speak, but he still couldn't move.
“xiexie。”
"Cheng, don't talk yet, the red-backed bamboo pole grass should be taken both inside and outside, I will take you in to rest first, and then boil a pot of medicine for you."
"Okay."
After Li Cheng was carried into the wooden house by the Eskimos to rest, Li Cheng looked at the ceiling, almost no mobility, like a paralyzed person, and couldn't help laughing at himself: "Die before you get out of the school!" ”
During Li Cheng's rest, Old Peake, Claire and Noah talked for a long time, saying that the purpose of this visit was mainly to allow the tribesmen to participate in the march and interviews, expose the atrocities of the federal government, so as to give the Eskimos a peaceful and beautiful living environment, and let the Eskimos be truly recognized in the legal sense.
After listening to Claire's story, Noah said very gratefully: "Miss Claire, thank you for your help, I thank you on behalf of the 1091 men, women and children of the tribe!" "The reason why Noah went to the grizzly bear ranch to be a cowboy is nothing more than to strengthen communication with the outside world, and to inform the people of the tribe through his own experience what Shijie is like outside, Noah, who has been working hard for the tribe, thinks about whether to increase the connection between the tribe and the outside world, but considering all kinds of problems, Noah understands that maintaining the status quo may be the best way.
When he learned that the federal government was going to expel them, Noah had mixed feelings, and he didn't know what to do, and he planned to move to the Arctic Circle to find relatives.
The rattlesnake Eskimo tribe has lived in Kananaskis Provincial National Park for more than ten generations, and they still have some attachment to this place, but once they move, it is difficult to adapt to life in other environments, and the originally sparsely numbered tribe has returned to the harsh environment in the Arctic Circle, which is even more difficult to survive, which is why Noah is worried.
And being banished like a plague is a reality that Noah cannot accept, and if the status of the Rattlesnake in Calgary is to be determined, with the liliang of the media and public opinion, it may really work.
"Chief Noah, if you really want to be grateful, I think it should be grateful to Li, he asked me to come and negotiate with you, and everything is due to it." Claire said this, making Noah grateful to Li Cheng from the bottom of his heart, and a thousand words could not express his mood at this time.
The rattlesnake tribe is his spiritual sustenance, in order to make the tribe live well, he has been out to make a living, every time he comes back, he will bring a lot of gifts and daily necessities, mainly for the tribe's children, so that they can feel the changes of shijie, so as to cultivate some people who can get out of the forest, Li Cheng's approach is not only to make it possible for the tribe to obtain a legal status, but also to get the federal government's education support and the enjoyment of the medical system.
The rattlesnake tribe has been isolated from the world because it is located in a national park full of wild animals, and the emergence of Noah brought vitality to the tribe, and he began to plan to let the educational resources of the outside world enter the tribe, so that the tribe's culture can be inherited, or adapt to the changes of today's times, and go out of the mountains!
Noah had a heavy burden on his shoulders, and although he only came back once a month, it was the most anticipated moment for the tribesmen, especially the hundreds of Eskimo children......
Li Cheng, whose injuries have improved a little, is half lying on the wooden bed, grinning like a psychopath, there are a few tribal children standing outside the door to watch the excitement, sloppy children, wearing tattered linen clothes, some even only wrap a small leather skirt, Canada in winter, the average temperature is still quite low, it can be seen that the poor living environment of the Eskimos has reached the situation of not being able to eat enough and dress warmly, which also casts the perseverance of the Eskimos!
After Noah and Claire talked about the parade and the specific matters of the interview, he did not choose to do it immediately, but came to the wooden house to visit Li Cheng first.
When the children saw the leader, they immediately left consciously, though they took three steps and two steps, and looked back at the strange adult from time to time, but after a while, the hut was much quieter.