Kill that Indian, and save his soul.

This quote comes from the founder of the first Indian boarding school in the United States.

The Indians in California were first plagued by Spain and Mexico, and then by the bloody methods of the Americans.

The scalp of a California Indian was able to be exchanged for $5. This policy was implemented for more than two decades before and after the Second Opium War, and the number of California Indians plummeted by four-fifths.

Another 100 years later, the U.S. government, in the name of protecting women's health, sterilized women without their knowledge, and about 70,000 Indian women were forcibly sterilized. The implementation of this policy lasted from the Great Depression in the United States to the withdrawal of American troops from Vietnam, and China was about to carry out reform and opening up.

In the middle of the 17th century, there were still many Indians in California, after all, they were not colonized.

The spearman's name was a sea otter, and as the midwife was washing him by the river, she saw a flock of sea otters swimming past her. When he became an adult, he used his spear to kill two wild wolves alone, and since then he has changed his name to "Spear General". This kind of brave name can even be passed on to children and grandchildren.

Today, the spear will take people out to fish, and he meets many strangers in the river.

These strangers were tall, white-skinned, and dressed in strange clothes.

The spear will receive a gift, a hat given to him by a stranger. Then the strangers invited them, as if to go to the sea to do something.

Everyone was curious, and the spear general agreed to follow.

Boat, such a big ship!

The tribesmen stood on the beach, looking at the floating boat, completely losing the ability to think.

"Ship God!"

This group of Kashaya knelt down one after another and bowed reverently to the five large ships.

They believe in the Kuksu religion, which teaches that all things are animistic and that the main god of each tribe is different. The common denominator of the beliefs of all ethnic groups is the ancestral land and the sacred land of the tribe, and then the main god is established according to the actual situation, and the main god can be replaced.

Mountains have mountain gods, rivers have river gods, and boats naturally have boat gods.

The spear general also knelt down, such a big ship must be the incarnation of the ship god. And most of these "white people" in front of them are the messengers of the ship god, no wonder they are so powerful and tall.

Li Quan heard that he had met the indigenous people and was planning to come to communicate in person.

Fearing that the boat would run aground, he docked in a dinghy, and as soon as he stepped on the beach with half a foot, he saw a group of natives kneeling down.

Li Quan instantly understood two things:

First, the natives regarded the boat as a deity, and this situation could be exploited.

Second, the galleons of Spain, when they arrived in the Americas, must have been located further south, otherwise the natives here would not have been invisible.

Li Quan had a smile on his face and instructed the herald beside him: "Raise the command flag and fire a few shots at the sea to the south." ”

"Boom, boom!"

The cannon roared, and hundreds of meters away on the sea surface splashed one after another.

The spear general was bowing to the god of the ship, when he suddenly heard the roar of the god of the ship, as terrifying as thunder. He opened his mouth wide to look at the splash, then at the huge ship in the distance, and then at the ship god messengers around him.

"Take me to your chief." Li Quan said.

The spear general did not understand at all, and he turned to babble and babble, so a few natives got up and got into their canoes and paddled away as fast as they could.

After about two or three hours, nearly half of the fleet's fresh water was replenished, and finally more Kashaya came to the beach.

The leaders are a few natives with their heads full of colorful feathers.

The spear general hurriedly walked over, took off the hat, and pointed to the huge ship, saying, "Those are the incarnations of the ship god, and when the ship god roars, it will make a thunderous sound, and will throw huge boulders and splash water." These white men, who were messengers of the ship gods, were very friendly and presented me with a hat. ”

The chief wolf led the clansmen forward, his observation was very sharp, and he knew at a glance that Li Quan was the leader, beat his chest and saluted: "Respected ship god messenger, welcome to the Kashaya tribe. I'm the chief of the tribe, do you want to stay here for a long time, or are you going to leave after a while? ”

Li Quan arched his hand and said, "I am ...... Forget it, no matter how much you say, you won't understand. I ......" Li Quan pointed to himself and introduced, "Li ...... Quan. ”

The wolf was confused for a while, and Li Quan was still repeating.

Finally, the wolf also understood, pointed to himself and said, "Seat ...... Wolf. ”

After the two sides introduced themselves, the donkey's lips were not on the horse's mouth.

The wolf kept pointing towards the ship, as if asking for information about the ship. Li Quan, on the other hand, pointed to the upper reaches of the river and planned to send people to the indigenous tribes. The two couldn't understand each other, and it was difficult to communicate, and it was completely comparable to playing the piano to a cow.

At the mouth of the river, there is a large amount of alluvial flatland, and a sandbar has been washed out.

They surveyed to determine the level of the rising tide, and then cut down the sandbar vegetation and set up camp. Floating on the sea for nearly half a year, I wish I could go ashore to rest, the small trees that were cut down can still be replenished, and the charcoal brought with the ship is almost burned.

The wolf also returned with his people, and gathered together to discuss what to do with the messenger of the ship god.

There are countless gods they believe in, and every grass or tree may be a god, and they will not easily worship the messenger of the ship god as their father. At most, it's just a distinguished guest.

When the natives returned, Li Quan sent two dinghys to follow.

The wolf did not object, since it was a distinguished guest, it was appropriate to entertain him.

The man who led the team to visit the indigenous tribe, named Ye Fei, was a naval missionary who was discharged early. He followed the river for six or seven miles, and came across a large expanse of houses.

Most of the houses are wooden structures, but there are also some rammed earth houses.

There is even a huge public house where the clansmen gather for meetings, similar to a large hall for the whole clan.

There is still a small amount of arable land near the residential area, and it seems that they do not know how to plough the ground, burn a large area of slash-and-burn farming, and scatter the seeds to be harvested.

However, the weaving technology is very developed, and the reeds can be used to weave exquisite baskets, and Ye Quan saw a group of natives carrying a whole basket of fresh fish back.

These natives also burn pottery, and use pottery to fetch water and cook rice.

The wolf croaked and took Ye Fei to a rammed earth house. Then the tribal elders took off their clothes and sat there waiting for the hot stones to be burned and then splashed with water.

Zizizi...... A puff of white smoke rises.

Good guys, these natives also do saunas, and judging by the size and decoration of this earthen house, it seems that sauna is a very important activity.

That night, everyone eats, drinks and dances around the bonfire, and the shaman presides over the entire festivities.

Ye Fei and the others were invited into the public housing and lived for a night.

The next day, I continued to observe the situation and found that it was already a private ownership of the family unit. Men go hunting and fishing in groups, and the harvest is distributed according to the team's contribution. Women also went in groups to gather food in the woods, and whoever gathered it belonged to him. The old people stayed in the settlement, weaving baskets, firing pottery, and so on.

If the harvest is quite abundant, some will be handed over to the public, which is equivalent to collecting taxes.

The amount of tax paid by each family is recorded in a knot with rope and then stored in a public warehouse.

Of course, it is also possible to pay taxes and money, and the currency is beads made of ore and shells, which can be strung together with ropes. Similar to the currency, it is used within a radius of hundreds of miles, and goods can be purchased across tribes.

"The natives here also seem to be fighting a lot." After Zhu Guisheng looked around, he whispered to Ye Xuan.

Ye Fei nodded: "I can see it." ”

They saw a shield, made of wood and skin, which could only be used against enemies, not beasts.

The main battle weapon is also a bow and arrow, and it is a compound bow, and the arrow is made of animal bones.

The natives were supposed to be in the era of tribal alliances, where multiple tribes formed alliances and then worked together against another alliance.

The entire social structure was as follows: clans were formed by blood families, clans formed by close clans, and multiple tribes formed tribal alliances. According to the strength of the alliance, the leader of the alliance is elected, and the alliance meets to deal with internal affairs. When a tribe is attacked, the entire alliance mobilizes to fight.

Due to the underdevelopment of agriculture, slavery had not yet been born, and it was useless to capture slaves.

Two days later, the chief wolf visited Li Quan again, bringing with him a lot of shell bead currency, as if he wanted to buy Chinese clothes.

He first pulled his animal skin coat, then pointed at Li Quan, and then took the beads and coins and kept dangling.

Seeing that Li Quan still didn't understand, he asked a clansman to take off his clothes and continued to point at Li Quan. Then put the fur coat on the ground, and then the beads and coins on the ground. Immediately, the position of the leather jacket and the coin is reversed, and the process of exchange is deduced.

Li Quan finally understood, but he picked up the beads, then threw them back on the ground, shaking his head to indicate that he didn't need it.

The wolf also understood, and his expression was a little disappointed.

Li Quan called the adjutant over, gave an order, and quickly brought a few cotton cloths, an axe, and a hoe. He put them on the ground, and in the place of the animal's skin coat. Then, point to the place where the beads and coins are placed, push all the beads and coins away, and point to the alluvial flat land at the mouth of the sea.

A few pieces of cotton cloth, an iron axe, and a hoe exchanged large tracts of land at the mouth of the river.

The wolf instantly understood what he meant, shook his head again and again, and pointed to the area to the north. They are reluctant to exchange along the river, but the forests in the north can be sold, which is probably why the Russians in history did not establish a stronghold along the river, but had to go to the north to build Roseburg.

Quite simply, the local natives don't sell here, only the northern forest.

Li Quan increased the number of cotton cloths to eight, four iron axes, two hoes, and a waist knife.

In the presence of the chieftain's wolf, he cut down trees with an axe, dug the ground with a hoe, and chopped thorns with a waist knife.

The wolf's eyes widened suddenly, he had never encountered iron before, and the power of iron completely attracted him.

Li Quan then reduced the trading area, enclosing only a forest and flat land at the mouth of the sea. Then he pointed to the northern forest, and he wanted the uninhabited forest.

The wolf called the elders together to discuss, and everyone picked up the iron and tried to use it. Finally, they came back to Li Quan and agreed to this very outrageous deal.

Li Quan threw 30 felons, as well as their Nanyang slave wives, into this area of cultivation and reclamation.

Of course, axes, hoes, seeds, fishing nets, food and bedding were left behind, and even a dinghy was left for them.

The land here is fertile, and it will continue to be migrative, providing food and vegetables.

As for the relationship with the natives, adapt to the situation, and if you are obedient, you will develop peacefully, and if you are disobedient, you will send troops to attack. Anyway, in the early stage of development, they will not choose to go to war, and in the future, when the population increases, the contradictions will definitely intensify, and it is very likely that war will break out at that time.

Li Quan led the fleet to continue the voyage south, and soon he regretted it.

Instead of throwing a felony at the mouth of the river before him, he found San Francisco, a natural harbor to the south.

I don't bother to go back and pick people up, so it's wrong.

After discussion, the place they bought was called "Sinden", and the river there was called "Sinden" (Russian River).

Why is it called this broken name?

Because the fleet departed from Dengzhou Mansion in Shandong.

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