175: Evacuation
At this stage, the Indians are having a hard time.
They can be roughly divided into three kinds, one is the death of the people, the other is groveling, and the other is very strong, has some brains, and knows how to promote peace.
The Cree are clearly the third type, and their ancestors used their blood to make the old men of the Montana State Assembly understand that they would be exterminated at a great cost, and the gains would outweigh the losses.
As a result, they had control of the land and survived a growing Indian-American population.
Even the Montana State Assembly found them tricky, indicating that the Cree were not low in combat.
"Put aside the work at hand, carry all the skins to the ship, first the precious furs, then the ordinary furs, and we will leave at once."
Taylor commanded the cobblers and began to carry the furs to the ship.
Their camp was not the original location, but in order to be better hunting, they moved the camp to the river, where beavers lived, and made use of the abundant forest resources in the reserve to build three large rafts that were not so much boats.
"The people of the hunting party check their weapons and stay on guard, we may be in trouble."
Gerald, the captain of the hunting team, also got busy with the hunters.
They had to guard against Cree attacks and give them early warning before they were attacked, so as not to be caught off guard.
With two orders, the entire camp was busy, and an atmosphere of panic was pervasive.
Lin Yao held his old gun and looked at the woods behind him, if the Kree attacked them, the woods would be the best cover.
And they, for sure, could not defeat the Kree and could only retreat by water.
The Cree are hunters, not fishers, and they are not in the habit of building rafts, and the river is their only escape route.
"William, where are you, come with me to the ship!"
Lin Yao shouted William's name and began to approach the direction of the raft.
"Where are you going?" Gerald discovered Lin Yao's intentions and said loudly, "The hunter is going to patrol, and I order you to go to the woods to the north to keep guard." ”
"The boss asked me to go to the boat with William to help, if you have any questions, go to the boss."
Lin Yao didn't pay attention to Gerald's order at all, the mountains and forests in the north are the only way for the Kree people, and now what is the difference between patrolling the mountains and forests and looking for death.
The Kree are on horseback, and it only takes a minute for them to rush to the camp from the depths of the woods a mile away, and then blast your head off with muskets.
"I'll go, don't let me find out you're lying to me!"
Gerard was so angry that he noticed that there was another person in the hunter team who disrespected him besides Glass.
When the matter here is over, he must get it back with interest.
"Who's calling me?"
William, who was washing dishes in the kitchen, walked out for some reason.
Lin Yao grabbed him and said, "Someone has discovered the Kree scouts, we may be attacked at any time, now follow me to the ship immediately." ”
"Kree?"
William was so startled that he could no longer care about the work in the kitchen, and ran towards the raft like a gust of wind.
His uncle, Taylor, was directing the cobblers to load the bundles onto the raft.
Seeing William coming, he glanced at Lin Yao in some surprise, opened his mouth, and finally didn't say anything, and let Lin Yao and William get on the raft.
"Help with the work!"
got on the boat, Lin Yao pushed William, knowing that this was not the time to be idle, even if he pretended, he couldn't be idle.
Otherwise, William might not have been driven down, and he would not have been able to say, for he was not now an apprentice cobbler, but a hunter.
The hunter has a duty to keep watch over the camp when it is in danger, and his early escape to the ship will not be approved by others.
Sou!!
As soon as the incense was burned, there was a sharp sound of breaking the air in the air.
A hunter standing at the edge of the woods fell to the ground with the sound of arrows.
In the next second, deep in the woods in the northwest, there was a chaotic and unified shout: "Wowo wo wo!" ”
It was a peculiar sound made by slapping the palm of your mouth while slapping your mouth with the palm of your mouth, and it was also the offensive cry of the Cree.
"Cree, it's Cree!"
The camp was in chaos, and at about the same time, several hunters guarding the perimeter were killed.
Lin Yao slammed down on the raft, hiding behind his fur, and raised his eyes to look northwest.
As far as the eye could see, hundreds of Kree on horseback, armed with bows and arrows, muskets, and spears, slaughtered the camp in a mighty manner.
"Retreat to the river, there are boats in the river!"
Gerald was surrounded by a dozen hunters, who fired their guns and retreated towards the river.
A dozen guns were insignificant compared to the number of the Krees, and soon another hunter was knocked to the ground in the course of the fire.
"Get on the boat, get on the boat, don't worry about the skin!"
Someone yelled inside the camp.
"I've been hit by an arrow, who will help me, I don't want to die!"
Those who have been hit by arrows are wailing.
"Whoever sees my cat out, I can't lose it."
There are cat lovers roaring.
The whole camp was in chaos, and no one cared for anyone in front of the Kree butcher's knives.
Lin Yao hid behind the animal skin, holding the old gun and firing at will.
He only fights the Cree who rush to the raft, and does not look at those who are plundering in the camp, because the latter will not threaten him.
"Angra, who saw Angra?"
Monsieur Henry, cloaked and armed with a splendid gilded rifle, stood on the bank of the river and yelled.
He was looking for his lover, Ms. Angela, for whom Angela was the most important thing besides fur.
"Mr. Henry, come up!"
Taylor is worthy of being the cobbler's foreman, and the Kree people have been killed, and they have not forgotten to show their determination to Henry, and they dragged Henry onto the ship.
"Let's go, let's go!"
Gerald was also on board, and he was embarrassed at this time, with only four hunters by his side.
"Wait, there's a lot more in the camp."
Henry disagreed with the order to sail and looked at the camp with tears in his eyes.
"We can't wait any longer, we have to go to the middle of the river to be safe."
Gelath beckoned to a few men and pushed the raft to the shore with his oars.
Lin Yao was still shooting, sniping at the Kree who were trying to get close to the raft while looking for the whereabouts of the Glass father and son.
Eventually, when the raft was about to leave the riverbank, Glass arrived with his son Hawke in his arms.
"William, help take care of Hawke."
Lin Yao yelled at William and shot a Kree who tried to shoot him.
"Wait for me, wait for me!"
As the raft drifted away from the riverbank, more people tried to board the boat.
Under Lin Yao's gaze, the three cobblers who came running together were knocked to the ground by a burst of gunfire.
Their blood stained the river red, and the Kree who had committed these atrocities became even more excited.
"Hunters shoot at the riverbank to provide cover for others!"
When the raft reached the center of the river, it did not go far, but acted as a stronghold, attacking the Cree on the shore, trying to give the others a chance.
Under the gaze of everyone, a dozen cobblers and three hunters boarded the second raft.
Unfortunately, there was too little time left for them, and before the raft could leave the riverbank, it was swept up by the Kree who followed closely behind.
More than a dozen people were hacked to death on the raft, and some of them were holding oars before they died.
"It's over, it's all over!"
Looking at everything in front of him, Henry's eyes were blank.
Of the 57 people in the entire camp, only 13 were on board, and the others died in the camp.
To make matters worse, due to lack of time, the other two ships did not sail, and 90 percent of the furs were left behind in the camp, and the 20,000 furs they had worked so hard to accumulate for months were mostly cheaper than the Cree.
I'm afraid that this time I will go back, not to mention making money, and God will forbid God not to file for bankruptcy.
Of course, compared to those who are already dead, those who are alive are undoubtedly lucky.