Historically, this has been fairly common.

The white man bought a piece of land from an Indian tribe, but the Indian tribe who sold the land did not actually own the land at all, or even did not own the land at all, and there were Indians from many other tribes living on the land.

By means of such operations, the whites could, on the one hand, sow discord among the Indian tribes, and on the other hand, acquire a certain degree of nominal claim that the land they possess was bought, that they are the rightful owners of the land.

Since he was the rightful owner of the land, it was only natural that he would expel or even slaughter the Indians who lived on it.

This behavior of the whites is despicable, but the Indians themselves are not to blame for their short-sightedness and infighting.

Sometimes, the Indians who sold the land would not even bargain, but would give them some liquor or something, and they would sell the land where the neighbors lived, and then wait for the neighbors to come to the door, and the two sides would fight.

In this way, the Indian tribes pitted each other, and were finally swept away by the whites and driven to the reservation.

The horse whistle does not know this history.

But he also knew that this situation was indeed a bit troublesome, and it was difficult to fight a few battles.

No wonder as soon as he returned to the clan the day before yesterday, Lao Xiong did not hesitate to give him the position of chieftain......

If it was the previous Sleeping Bear Clan, there was really no good way to face this situation, and there might not even be a bad way.

But now, with the addition of 800 new clansmen, the population of the Sleeping Bear Clan has directly exceeded 1,000 people, and there are more than 200 young and middle-aged warriors, and a large number of sharp weapons such as revolvers are also equipped.

This is a relatively large force within a radius of several hundred miles, and it is enough to settle some land disputes.

After all, in the Midwest of the United States in 1844, the population was very sparse, and villages and towns with a population of more than 1,000 kilometers could not be met every 100 kilometers.

Not only that, but large swathes of territory in the Midwest did not even have a formal organization—that is, there was no state government—which means that the Horse Sentry has not yet been able to determine which state the Sleeping Bear Clan would be located in the United States.

Sparsely populated, without a state government, with a population of 1,000 and elite armed Sleeping Bear Clan, as long as it does not alarm the federal government of the United States, there is no need to be afraid of anyone at all.

The whistle thought for a moment, then said, "Let's go talk to the Comanches." ”

Then he gathered a hundred warriors, loaded their guns, and quickly whipped their horses, and went straight to the Twin Wolf Clan.

In the afternoon of the same day.

"Misunderstanding, just misunderstanding!" The Twin Wolf Chief looked in horror at the horse sentry and the hundred Apache warriors behind him, and quickly excused himself.

Ma Sentry stepped forward and said bluntly: "Don't misunderstand me, I have only one request, to cancel your deal with the white man immediately." ”

"This ......" the Twin Wolf Clan grimaced.

"As long as you cancel your deal with the whites, the Sleeping Bear Clan can help you as much as they can, and if you lack horses and food, we can lend you some so that you can at least survive this winter." ”

The Twin Wolf Chieftain was a little incredulous, blinked and said, "Really? Are you really willing to help us? ”

"Or else?" Horse Sentry pointed to the Apache warriors behind him, "We can effortlessly drive the Arapahoe back to the north, if I don't have good intentions, why bother talking to you?" ”

The Twin Wolf Chieftain was stunned for a moment, and then as if he suddenly remembered something, he opened his eyes and looked at the horse whistle: "Could it be that you are the 'Son of the Sky'?" ”

"What?" Ma Whistle was inexplicable, because there was an interpreter between the two, and he thought that the translator had said something wrong.

"Child of the Sky, the revered and feared chieftain of the Apache War, who easily defeated the Arapaho and mercifully freed all captives." The translator of the Twin Wolf Clan added.

"Chief, this must be the name that the people of Arapahoe have given you!" Said the mouse-hunting squirrel behind the horse's whistle.

"It's a wonderful name, and the sky at that time was literally like a roaring father protecting his son!" Other Apache warriors also commented.

The horse whistle reacted, remembering that the day when he released the Arapahoe, there was an astonishing thunderclap in the sky, which looked like a miracle.

Given the astonishing sight, it is not surprising that the Arapaho people call him "The Son of the Sky."

But then again, isn't the name a bit ...... Too middle two?

"What the Arapahoe told you?" Ma asked casually, remembering that the Arapahoe and Comanches were nominally allies.

"Yes."

Ma Sentry nodded first, and then said in a flat tone, "If the 'Children of the Sky' in Arapaho's mouth refers to the one who defeated them and released all the captives, then there should be no one else but me...... I am also the new chief of the Sleeping Bear Clan. ”

"It's an honor." The Twin Wolf Chieftain bowed his head slightly.

After confirming that the horse whistle was the child of the sky who had defeated the Arapaho army, he decided that the horse whistle was right.

As defeated and allies of the Arapahos, the Comanches are well aware of the strength of the Arapahos, and the existence of the Arapahos can be easily defeated, and the strength of the Arapho is simply beyond their imagination.

There really wasn't a need for the Sleeping Bear Clan to pretend anything, and the benevolent Children of the Sky even freed all the Arapaho people, so what was the point of providing a little help to the poor Twin Wolf Clan.

"We're going to tell the whites, cancel the deal." Said the Twin Wolf Chieftain.

"I mean completely revoked, and all your land deals with whites are nullified," Ma Whistle added. It's a stupid deal. ”

"That's right."

As it got dark, the Apache rested for the night in the camp of the Twin Wolf Clan, and the Twin Wolf Chieftain prepared some barbecue meat and entertained the horse whistle.

"You don't seem to have very many horses?" Ma Whistle asked about the root cause of the Twin Wolf Clan's financial difficulties.

"Yes...... "The Twin Wolf Chief nodded with a wry face, "We have less than seventy horses now. ”

"Because of what?"

Chief of the Twin Wolves: "A few months ago, our horses somehow contracted a plague and suffered heavy losses. Although the plague is now over, we don't know if we can hunt enough bison before winter arrives, and we don't know if we can hunt enough bison before winter. ”

"Alas, the plague, how many plagues!" He sighed again.

Naturally, a large number of plagues came to the Americas with the colonists. Due to the frequent and complex internal exchanges, Eurasia is rich in a variety of germs, and the people living in Eurasia are correspondingly resistant.

The Indians living in the Americas were in a relatively closed and monolithic environment for a long time, lacking external communication and the lack of germs obtained through domesticated animals.

As a result, when the colonists came into contact with the aborigines, the Indians gained a large "deficit" and suffered countless casualties in this exchange of germs on the Asian and American continents.

After more than three hundred years of training, the resistance of the Indians to the Eurasian germs has been greatly improved, but there are still some deficiencies, and from time to time a plague comes.

The horse plague of the Double Wolf Clan did not directly affect people, in fact, it was lucky.