Chapter 157: Camp Inuit

Wang Xika once watched a movie called "Dances with Wolves" and knew that the totem of the Indians was also a wolf. But I didn't expect that the Indians also had werewolves, and it seems that the werewolves are indeed widely distributed.

Of course, the Indian werewolf and Langnado are not from the same tribe and should not know each other—though it is likely that they share the same ancestor.

When I first arrived in the Americas, I was not familiar with the place, and everyone was afraid that Lang Na would suffer a lot, so they rushed to help. After all, tengu are flying creatures, and their speed is much faster than that of creatures running on the road. With a few flapped wings, he chased after the two werewolves in a few breaths. With just one claw, it lifted the Indian werewolf up like an eagle catching a chicken.

Tengu is worthy of being the strongest "youkai" on Fuso Island, and his personal ability is really awesome.

The poor captive was surrounded by the Emperor of the People's Republic of China, Wang Xika, and his men, and Lang Nado spoke with the Indians in werewolf language, and it was clear that the Indian understood Lang Nado's language.

The next thing was simple, Lang Nado interrogated the Indians in detail, asking them why they were chasing and killing the boy and why they were attacking Wang Xijia.

It turned out that the Indian was from the Comanche tribe, and the boy was an Eskimo. The Indians and Eskimos, though both yellow, hated each other. The Eskimo boy strayed into Indian territory and was hunted down. And Wang Xijia and his gang appeared at the right time, so that the Indians mistakenly thought that they were accomplices of the Eskimos, so they launched an attack. Now it turns out that this is a misunderstanding, because Langnado can also turn into a wolf, and is undoubtedly the same kind of cloud cloud of the Comanche tribe.

The matter was clarified, and it would take a lot of trouble to deal with this Indian. Wang Xika is here for tourism, but he doesn't want to get involved in disputes between Indians and Eskimos. Now let this Indian back, it is difficult to say that he is looking for his companions to take revenge, after all, his own people have killed several of his companions. Why don't you put him back, where will you arrange it? Put him in his own boat and run after him?

While he was hesitating, the Eskimo boy suddenly pulled out a dagger and came up and stabbed the Indian to death. This boy is only 13 or 4 years old, according to the situation of later generations, such an old age is still a hairy child. But in this day and age, a person of this age can already be a warrior.

The Eskimo boy apparently also knew werewolf language, so they struck up a conversation. The teenager introduced himself as Tara. It turned out that Tara was hunting a lost North American elk before entering the territory of the Indians, and Wang Xijia saw the rest of the matter. Tara Cup is chased by a group of Comanche warriors, and then successfully escapes

"If you don't kill this Indian, then the Comanche tribe will lead a large army to attack and cut off everyone's scalps. Tara explained, as she skillfully collected the salt and weapons carried by the Indian warriors, and it was clear that this was not the first time she had done such a thing.

"By the way, don't call me an Eskimo in the future, that's what the enemy calls me, and we call myself Inuit. Tara said earnestly, looking a little embarrassed.

It is said that "Eskimo" means "one who eats raw meat", and "Inuit" means "real man."

The matter has come to this point, and Wang Xika doesn't think about it. It is necessary to deal with the matter in front of you first: the few Komanche warriors who died have to be buried, one is to respect the corpse, and the other is afraid that the Comanche people will find the corpse and ask for trouble.

Zack and Tengu, two powerful men, carried the five corpses and dug a big pit together and buried them. Tara brought five horses and tied them up, and in this era, horses are a valuable resource regardless of race.

"Can you help me get these horses back to our tribe? I want to treat you to dinner, and you saved my life. "It's normal for Tara to invite a few life-savers to dinner, and it's normal to be anywhere.

Wang Xika saw that Tara was not very good at fiddling with horses, and was confused by 5 horses. In addition, he had nothing to do, so he accepted Tara's invitation, led a horse with his companions, and walked towards Tara's camp.

After walking for about 20 miles, I saw a woman covered in fur rushing over, hugging Tara and kissing and nibbling - it turned out that this was Tara's mother, Ram, who had been looking forward to the return of her child since Tara went out. Now that I have finally looked forward to it, I am naturally ecstatic.

If Tara hadn't met Wang Xijia and his party today, the Inuit mother would never have seen her child. And because of the encounter with Wang Xijia, the mothers of the five Comanche warriors will never see their children again, their wives will never see their husbands again, and their children will never see their fathers again.

Sometimes life is full of accidents and accidents. Sometimes a chance can make the difference between life and death. Tara had good luck once, and met such a "nobleman" as Wang Xijia, who went from death to life. The lucky Inuit happily led the guests to their home. That bouncing posture finally has some juvenile feeling that is in line with the characteristics of his age.

Tara's camp is east of the Bering Strait, and temperatures range from minus 30 to 40 degrees Celsius all year round, sometimes reaching minus 60 degrees Celsius...... It stands to reason that the climate in this area is harsh and unsuitable for human life. But Tara and his people are still living here. Until Wang Xijia crossed, there were still Inuit people living near the Arctic Circle.

Tara's home is a house made of snow – the famous Inuit igloo. This kind of house is made of ice bricks layer by layer, and it looks like a pot upside down on the ice.

The method of construction is to shovel snow on top of the snow with a blade knife and then compact the snow. Then when these snow bricks freeze hard, they can be used to build a house. Layer upon layer of snow bricks, each layer is tilted inward, and each layer is tightened inward. Once capped, a hemispherical igloo will be formed. After shoveling a hole in the door with a shovel, and filling the brick joints with snow, and freezing on the snow for a while, a sturdy igloo was built.

Snow can play the role of brick and cement at the same time, which is simple and easy. An Inuit can build a snow room in half a day, and there is no problem at all for more than 30 days. It is precisely because of the simplicity of this kind of house that the Inuit house has been preserved for thousands of years, and until 2060, there are still people living in such igloos.

Wang Xika went into the igloo and looked at it, there was only a piece of animal skin spread on the ground, and there was nothing. In this kind of house, if you are a little squeamish, you will be guaranteed to live for one night, and you will be able to live all the "rheumatism, old cold legs". But the Inuit have lived like this for generations, and they seem to think that there is nothing wrong with living like this.

In later generations, there was a theory called "geographical determinism", which was first proposed by Aristotle. It is believed that geographical location, climate, soil, etc. affect the characteristics of individual ethnic groups and social nature.

Although this theory has been refuted by many people, Wang Xijia feels that it is not unreasonable. At least in the Arctic Circle, the Inuit are accustomed to living in igloos because of the environment.

Because it was too cold to build other houses, the Inuit built sturdy igloos, which were the most suitable conditions for the site. Because of the harsh environment, it's good to be able to eat a full stomach every day, and there is no time to think about other things. As long as you can eat and sleep well and reproduce all your life, how can you have time to think about other things?

If they don't leave this living environment, they will never be able to change their way of life, and it will be difficult for them to create advanced technology. Unless it is changed by an alien civilization – and indeed it is, until humanity enters the third technological revolution – the Inuit still live in igloos on the ice fields.

"Benefactor, come out for dinner!"

Tucker called out Wang Xika from the igloo, only to see that there were already a hundred or so Inuit in animal skins surrounded outside the house—probably all the people of the Tucker tribe.

The environment is extremely harsh, and there are not many Inuit in the first place. So there were only a few hundred people per tribe. Tucker's tribe is one of the largest tribes among the Inuit. Some tribes have a total of a dozen people, that is, two or three families.

The Inuit are very enthusiastic about Wang Xijia and his party, especially the tall hairy Zack is very popular. Living in the snowy mountains, the hairy people are very suitable for survival in the Arctic region, in fact, the size of the hairy people is similar to that of polar bears.

The tribe danced in circles around Zack. Wang Xijia has never seen this kind of dance, but feels that it is both unrestrained and interesting. From Wang Xijia's experience, the more ethnic groups born in remote areas, the more hospitable they are. For example, the Yi people who lived in Daliang Mountain in later generations, and the Mao people who lived on the snow-capped mountains in this life, are all so hospitable.

"Come, have a drink!" Tucker handed Wang Xika a bowl of wine. The bowl for the wine is also made of ice, which looks like crystal clear.

The taste of the wine is very strange, a strong smell of blood, the degree is not high, it should be fermented with blood or something, not distilled spirit.

It is no wonder that there are basically no vegetables and fruits in the place where the Inuit live, and after the research of later scientists, the Inuit can synthesize vitamins in their own bodies, and they do not need to eat vegetables and fruits.

After drinking, Tucker came out with another lump of red flesh, which looked like the entrails of an animal—a part of a whale's heart, for guests only.

Wang Xika is not used to eating raw food except for fish fillet sashimi, but in this environment, he didn't want to ruin everyone's interest, so he picked up this heart and chewed it. Not to mention, it tastes pretty good. While eating, I thought, fortunately, the snake didn't come this time.

You must know that although the gills ride whales and milk whales every day, whales are friends to them and never eat whales. On the contrary, whales are the main source of food for the Inuit, and if the gills encounter the Inuit, it is easy to have conflicts.

In later generations, people with different customs often had different dietary taboos, some people did not eat beef, and some people ate beef exclusively. Some people don't eat dog meat, and some people eat dog meat exclusively. Some people don't eat pork, and some people eat pork exclusively. Some people don't eat coriander, and some people eat coriander exclusively. Some people don't eat chili peppers, and some people eat chili peppers exclusively. Some people don't eat salted bean curd, and some people eat salted bean curd......

If you let these people with contradictory eating habits come together, there will often be arguments. Fortunately, Wang Xijia is not a picky eater, and he can follow the customs wherever he goes.