"That's right, temporarily." "Sooner or later, this will become a city, just like Santa Fe, or even New York or London." ”

"Hahaha!" William Browning scoffed unabashedly. He had long seen that the strange Indian chieftain, who knew English, cared no more about the ridicule.

"You don't believe it?"

"No, I just don't think it's possible."

Ma Whistle disagreed: "Say whatever you want." A few years later, it was the first Native American city in North America. ”

"Move in, I'm sure you know the measure." He patted Browning on the shoulder.

Browning, of course, knew that his family was in the hands of the horse whistle, and if he really dared to do something, the whole family would ascend to heaven together.

So, they had to move into the cowhide tent in front of them, which they hated deeply. At the same time, the horse sentry specially arranged for them several Apache warriors standing guard, both for surveillance and protection.

Browning had scarcely dropped his luggage when the sentry came in with a leather bag: "This is your first business, Mr. Gunsmith." ”

Browning opened the purse: "These are ...... A damaged Colt revolver? ”

Ma Whistle nodded: "It seems that you have some research on this kind of gun." ”

"Of course. Although there are still very few people who pay attention to this kind of gun, as a good gunsmith, I have been paying attention to it for a long time, especially after the Texas incident. Browning looked at the revolvers, "There are traces on this...... Has anyone fixed it? ”

"That's me." "But obviously, I can't solve this problem, in fact, most of it I can't, and this is a kind of pistol that can be easily damaged." ”

Browning's face was different: "I didn't expect you to understand this." ”

Ma Whistle: "It's just a few skins, and when it comes to making guns, I'm just talking about it." You should be able to fix them, right? ”

"Yes."

"Then I'm bothering you."

After setting up the Browning family, Ma Sentry brought the twenty or so white children to the women's minister, the Red Lady.

"Red girl, these children will be handed over to you." He led a group of crying little children to find the red girl.

The youngest of these children is only five years old, and the oldest is only nine years old, so it is natural that women are more professionally cared for.

Looking at these white flowers, the red girl was very surprised: "They are?" ”

"Hostages." "So you must take good care of them, and don't let them starve and freeze, just like you would with orphans in your clan." ”

The Women's Department is responsible for the management of women and children, and the task of caring for orphans is naturally also in charge of them, who are basically experienced mothers or grandmothers.

“…… In addition, it is important to avoid conflicts between them and the children of the clan. The horse whistle admonished again.

While the red girl agreed, she and the other women tried to comfort the crying child, but the language barrier was naturally in a hurry.

"Teach them to speak Apache."

The red girl hugged the youngest child: "Do you want Millie to help?" She's a big kid and she's white, and she should be liked by these kids. ”

Ma Whistle thought for a moment: "That's right, I'll go find her." ”

He turned to look for Millie.

Millie is watching a card duel, and although she barely understands Apache, the excitement of the players and onlookers is infectious.

"Millie." When the horse whistle saw her, he approached and shouted.

"You're back." Millie pointed to the cards on the dueling board, turned her head and asked, "Is this a game of poker or something?" ”

"Almost." Ma Whistle smiled.

Millie was a little frustrated, and said, "It looks so much fun, if only I could play it." ”

Whistle: "You can't play dueling cards yet, but I've got some ...... for you Well, my friend, come with me to have a look. ”

"Buddy?" Millie was a little confused.

Soon she saw a group of children from Clarktown, which surprised her: "Why are there so many white people all of a sudden?" ”

"Well, this ......," Ma Whistle found it a little difficult to explain, and finally told the truth, "these are the hostages we captured. ”

"Hostages?" Millie's eyes widened.

Ma Whistle: "We had a battle with the town to the southeast, and they lost, so we had these hostages. ”

Millie was silent for a moment, and then said angrily, "You said you were a good person!" ”

"It was the town that attacked us first." Ma Sentry hurriedly added important information, "Do you see the new people who moved over there, they have suffered heavy losses because they were attacked by the town." ”

Millie paused for a moment, then asked, "Even so, why are you arresting them, they are younger than me, could it be that they are fighting you?" ”

"Of course not." "In fact, it's a way to stop the war." Bring these children to the clan, and their parents will not continue to fight against me...... There's an easier way for me to kill them and their parents, I can do it, but I'm not going to do it. ”

Millie moved her lips, "Why are they attacking you?" ”

"For profit, like land and bounty." Ma Whistle pointed to his head, "The U.S. government is offering a reward for our scalp, which can be exchanged for a hundred dollars for an adult's scalp and fifty dollars for a minor's scalp." ”

Millie was silent for a while: "...... You brought them to the clan, what are you going to do with them in the future? ”

"Just like with Apache children, their parents can come and visit from time to time." "But they obviously need a big friend, or they might cry a lot, and you're the only one, so would you like to accompany them?" ”

"Okay." Millie still had some doubts in her heart, but she nodded in agreement. She really needs these friends, otherwise she will have to read the newspaper boringly alone when Ma Whistle is not there.

For the next few days, the horse whistle kept a close eye on the influence that the new white and Comanche people were having within the clan.

But since he was well prepared, there was no conflict, and people slowly adapted to each other.

Horse Whistle's concerns about the clan relaxed slightly, but worries about Clark's town quickly rose.

After all, Clark Town is dozens of kilometers away, and he can't know and intervene in time if there is anything, so he doesn't know what is going on now.

So after a few days, he returned to Clark Town again.

Fortunately, the town of Clark was relatively calm, at least on the surface, and the twenty Apache warriors stationed here stood guard and patrolled as usual.

After confirming that there was no violent clashes, the Horse Sentry sought out Mary Freeman.

"Mary, how many canvases have you collected?"

Mary led him to the room where the canvas was stored: "I bought almost all the old canvas from the whole town, take a look, what do you think?" ”