Fang's face became more and more angry, and he said with a red face: "Vertical wolf, you Apache lackey!" Great Chief, we should immediately form a coalition and attack Sleeping Bear! ”

The vertical wolf was much calmer, almost ignoring him: "Great Chief Owl, I hope you can respect the Plains tribe and let me bring back the traitor's square face." ”

"You-" Square Face tried to make a move, but was stopped by the owl.

The owl stood up and looked at the wolf: "You go back and tell the horse whistle that the square face is a Comanche, and I won't let you take him." ”

Then he took a deep breath and accentuated his voice: "The Twin Wolf Clan also belongs to Comanche, if Ma Whistle is unwilling to hand over the Twin Wolf Clan, I will, I will consider summoning the Comanche coalition and make you pay the price!" ”

The wolf didn't say much, and just turned his head and left.

When the wolf left the tent, Fang Yan gritted his teeth and said, "Great Chief, we can't let this traitor leave, we should take him back and cut his scalp!" ”

"Anyway, he's an emissary now." The owl shook his head, "The Killer is not in order. ”

"Then we should also form a coalition as soon as possible." Fang Face pointed in the direction where the vertical wolf left, "It's only been half a year, and someone in the Twin Wolf Clan has already completely betrayed Comanche." If it drags on any longer, it won't be long before all of them become Apaches! ”

The owl had a little headache and sighed slightly: "I know...... Let me think about it. ”

For some time afterward, he was in a constant dilemma.

Fang Face kept persuading him to attack the sleeping bear, and he did let go of the harsh words to the vertical wolf. But if he really let him do it, he still didn't dare.

For many days, the owl spent time in hesitation, and could hardly sleep at night.

He sometimes wanted to follow the advice of the square face, and sometimes he was timid, fearing that the war would be lost.

Until this day, an unexpected guest came to the forest tribe.

"Great Chief of the Broken Bow!" The owl looked in amazement at the visiting guest, a great chief of the Arapahoe people.

"Haha, long time no see, owl." The Great Chief of Broken Bow looked like he was thirty or forty years old, with a burly figure and especially thick arms, and he greeted warmly.

The owl reacted, and immediately showed a warm smile: "Welcome, broken bow." ”

The Forest Tribe held a welcoming ceremony for the Great Chief of Broken Bow, and the smell of liquor and roasted meat filled the air around the campfire.

The two great chiefs sat together, holding wine bags, and drank spirits together.

"Owl, we're old friends." Broken Bow put down the wine bag, "I came this time to form an alliance with you to counterattack the Apaches. ”

The owl couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised by the news.

He was hesitating to attack Sleeping Bear, but he didn't expect reinforcements from the Arapahoe to arrive.

Of course, this is not too surprising. The Arapahoe, as a warlike people, are almost always associated with war. When he saw the broken bow, he had a faint anticipation in his heart.

The owl did not immediately express his thoughts, but first asked: "As far as I know, haven't you already made a truce with the Apaches?" ”

"Hmph." Broken Bow snorted, as if remembering something unpleasant, "It's the crows and those cowards who want to stop fighting, I didn't agree, I've always been a staunch main battle faction!" ”

The owl didn't speak.

Broken Bow continued to say to himself: "What else do they say about the children of the sky, what do they say that all the aborigines should put aside their hatred and unite as one...... I think they are simply cowardly, greedy for life and afraid of death! ”

The owl thought for a moment, "How many tribes are there in Arapahoe who are planning to counterattack the Apache?" ”

"Ahem...... Two. Broken Bow was obviously a little embarrassed, and hurriedly changed his words, "But I also contacted two Cheyenne tribes, plus your forest tribes, it will definitely be no problem to organize a thousand coalition troops, even fifteen hundred." What do you think? ”

The owl did not agree, but took another sip of wine, as if to consider: "If we form a coalition, are we going to deal with the entire Apache tribe?" ”

"Of course!" Broken bow blurted out.

The owl shook his head: "I don't think it's necessary." The most dangerous of the Apache is the Sleeping Bear Clan, the clan ruled by the 'Children of the Sky', and his record should not be said much about by me. ”

After a pause, he continued, "It is more important for us to concentrate our forces and only attack the Sleeping Bear Clan than to go to war with the entire Apache. ”

Broken Bow disagreed: "The horse whistle is indeed very dangerous, but after all, it is only a clan, and our three-clan alliance only attacks his small clan, isn't it a joke to say it?" ”

"It seems that you don't know what is going on with the horse whistle yet." The owl laughed.

"How?"

"Horse Whistle has become the great chief of the Plains Tribe, and has concentrated almost the entire tribe of Apache into his clan, and now his clan numbered as many as one or two thousand." The owl said slowly.

Broken Bow was surprised: "Really? ”

The owl nodded: "So I said that we should only attack sleeping bears." A Sleeping Bear Clan is already quite powerful, and if it were against the entire Apache Clan, our odds might not be high. ”

Broken Bow was silent for half a second: "But how can it only deal with the Sleeping Bear Clan, as you said, Ma Whistle has already ruled the Plains Tribe." We attack the Plains tribes, and the other Apache tribes will certainly support him. ”

The owl smiled, "If you can stay out of it, the tribes are often not happy to support each other. ”

"In fact, the Sleeping Bear Clan has annexed one of my clans, and we can use this as a reason to tell the other Apache tribes that we have no intention of making enemies of the entire Apache, but only want to take back the clan from the Sleeping Bear."

"In this way, the other Apache tribes will at least reduce their support for the sleeping bears, and our coalition will surely emerge victorious."

Broken Bow thought for a moment: "Makes sense. ”

The two talked again, and soon reached an agreement, confirming that a coalition will be formed in the near future to jointly defeat the sleeping bear.

"I have one more request." The owl finally said.

Broken Bow seemed to guess his thoughts: "Slave? ”

"That's right."

Broken Bow waved his hand disappreciably: "No problem, when we defeat the Sleeping Bear Clan, you will pick the captives first." Are you going to sell these slaves to whites? ”

"Of course not, we use it ourselves. Some of our Utah slaves died not long ago. The owl shook his head and said, "It's not worth selling to white people, and it's not a black slave." ”

Broken Bow smiled: "If you want me to say, except for women, it is more convenient for other captives to be killed directly, and slaves are useless." ”

On the North American continent at this time, it was not only the white people who kept slaves, but some Indians also kept slaves.

Even a few free blacks kept slaves, and they were not much different from white slave owners, but they still liked black slaves, after all, black slaves were the most valuable.

Slaves were also diverse, and in addition to the most common black slaves, there were also white slaves and Indian slaves.

White slaves were mainly indentured slaves, such as gamblers who owed money and sold themselves; Indian slaves came mainly from warfare, and some Comanches, for example, liked to turn captive enemies into slave drives.

All in all, North America in this era was very free, and it is not surprising who enslaved anyone.