Chaves's actions shocked everyone in the room, and no one expected him to kill Margovin directly.

Looking at Margofen who had fallen to the ground, it took several seconds for Amicho to come to his senses and look up at Chaves, "What did you do?" ”

"I killed the messenger of the Americans." Chaves took a deep breath, "Now we can organize our defenses with peace of mind." ”

"Oh God!" Amicho scurried around the room, his hands clenched and waved up and down, "I really shouldn't have brought you here!" ”

Chaves: "Uncle, you don't need to be so anxious. It's not hopeless, because we're on the defensive, and we have better weapons. ”

Amicho stomped his foot again: "It's a mistake to buy those weapons too!" ”

Chavez didn't speak.

Achulita then spoke: "Governor, anyway, we have only one choice now - to drive the Americans back. ”

Amicho was silent for a moment, and finally sighed, "Alas, you're right. ”

"Achulita, tell the soldiers and the population that the whole city is in combat mode and ready to fight the Americans!"

"Yes!"

……

August.

As temperatures rise, the stability of the virus is clearly weakened.

After about half a year of isolation and control, the epidemic was finally completely ended on a sunny day, and there was no longer a single infected person.

In the whole process, Sleeping Bear City paid for the death of more than a hundred people.

Objectively speaking, this is a big loss. But compared to the plagues that the Indians had experienced in the past, the death rate of about three percent was definitely a big victory.

In ancient and modern times, disaster management has been an important way to gain legitimacy.

For example, in agrarian civilizations, it is not uncommon to become sages and even monarchs by controlling floods.

The plague was to the Indians what a flood was to an agrarian civilization, if not more so.

After all, there are always people who can control the floods in agricultural civilizations, but the Indians have never seen anyone who can control the plague. In the face of the plague, they could only wait for death for a long time.

The horse whistle allowed the plains tribes to overcome the plague, which can be said to be the first time that the Indians broke the world.

So naturally, it is impossible to overstate what kind of prestige he has gained.

The prisoners in the labor camps also developed a worship of horse whistles, and many of those who originally resisted reform have become devout followers of the Spiritual Oracle, or horse whistles, after the epidemic has ended.

They chose to gain conditional freedom by seeking parole, learning Apache, and moving their families to Sleeping Bear City.

They did this not only to fight for their own freedom, but also for the safety of their families in the future, after all, Sleeping Bear City is the only place where they can defend themselves against the plague.

Horse Sentinels sent messengers and prisoners' representatives to help the prisoners deliver messages.

In July, the families of the prisoners had already rushed to Sleeping Bear City one after another, and some even the entire clan rushed over together.

I heard that Sleeping Bear City is a "holy city" that can withstand the plague, and some clans have moved here. Not only the clan where the prisoner belonged, but also the neighboring clans also arrived after getting the news.

As a result, the population of Sleeping Bear grew by about a thousand people throughout the month of July.

In August, it was just a little more.

Sleeping Bear City has once again begun to grow rapidly in size.

The scale is large, and there are many problems.

One of the more troublesome problems is the slave problem, some Indian clans also have a tradition of slavery, such as the forest tribe headquarters where the owl is located, which is a large slave owner.

A clan of more than two hundred people, with more than forty slaves, most of whom were taken captive from the Utah clan.

Of course, there was no slavery in Sleeping Bear City, but Ma Sentry did not forcibly release these slaves, but developed a compensation plan.

First of all, slave owners cannot settle in Sleeping Bear City, and if they want to live in Sleeping Bear City, they must free the slaves in Sleeping Bear City.

As long as their slaves become residents of Sleeping Bear City, they receive a compensation.

Of course, the compensation was not high, much lower than the market price of slaves, but the Indians were not serious in the first place, and the vast majority of slave owners were willing to do so in order to live in the "holy city".

If the prisoner or the prisoner's family owns slaves, they can choose to release the slave for compensation in the same way as ordinary slave owners, or they can choose to "exchange freedom for freedom".

The so-called freedom for freedom means that they give freedom to slaves, and Sleeping Bear City commutes their sentences, at least one month, and up to two years.

Obviously, this will give rise to some special deals.

A shed was erected at one of the entrances to Sleeping Bear City, where several soldiers and shamans sat with various documents piled up on a table in front of them.

At this moment, a Comanche clan and several families of the Arapaho are gathering here to go through various formalities before entering the city.

"Slave owners can't settle in Bear City?" A Comanche slave owner heard the news and his eyes widened.

"That's right, slavery is forbidden in Sleeping Bear City." The soldier continued to explain as he made a register for the register.

"Why?"

Soldier: "No why, this is the doctrine of the Spiritual Oracle, and it is the decision of the Great Chief." Slavery was a barbaric institution, and the enslavement of one-man man was especially shameful. ”

"Of course, as long as you free all the slaves, you can get the status of settlement."

"If the freed slave becomes a resident of Sleeping Bear City, you will also receive a compensation equal to one-tenth of the market price."

The slave owner couldn't help but say, "One tenth, that's too little!" ”

"It's nice to have compensation, strictly speaking, slavery is a crime." A shaman said.

The slave owner hesitated for a moment, then took out some silver coins and wanted to hand them to the soldiers and shamans: "Brother, can you ......?"

Seeing this, several soldiers and shamans laughed directly.

Although Sleeping Bear City has not completely eradicated corruption, this kind of bribery in broad daylight has long been out of existence.

To them, this kind of retro behavior is like performance art, which is something that only newcomers to the outside world do.

"It's a bribe, it's a crime, understand?" The shaman said, "Considering that you don't know the laws of Sleeping Bear City, you can be exempted from punishment this time. ”

At this moment, a nearby Arapaho suddenly said something to a shaman, and then the shaman said to the Comanche slave owner, "They are going to buy some slaves in exchange for their family's freedom, and you can sell them slaves." ”

"How much?"

"Twice the compensation, that is, one-fifth of the price of the slave." Shaman said.

"One in five, that's still too little." The slave owners were still not satisfied.

"You can also choose to take your slaves and leave Sleeping Bear City." The shaman said lightly, "Sleeping Bear City needs warriors, shamans, and farmers...... Slave owners were not needed. ”