295. Chapter 295
"That is, how can you get these Cherokees to obey. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ infoβ
After William had finished speaking, the room fell silent. Officers, priests, officials and businessmen all fell silent.
Because William's question is too difficult to answer.
As early as hundreds of years ago, humans on the Old World discovered the New World. Led by the Kingdom of Asturias, humans from the Old World flocked to the Old World, and then came into contact with the indigenous tribes that were entrenched in the New World.
It started out as trade, yes, trade. It is not like the rich southern continent, which is rich in cash crops, or has an extremely large amount of shocking gold and silver deposits.
In the beginning, the only thing that attracted the colonists was two things, freedom, and fur.
The former was to escape the harsh tax wars and the embarrassing situation of not having land. The latter was a fur coat for the ladies and ladies who wore in winter.
Because there are very few people to hunt and kill, and there are few natural predators, beavers live very happily in the New World and reproduce in very large numbers. The fur of these beavers is soft, shiny, and very warm. Soon, the fur became popular among the human world of the Old World, and even among the high societies of centaurs and dark elves - even in the Far East, the nobles of the Dragon Realm were very fond of it.
When civilized people all over the world like this kind of thing, this kind of thing is naturally in high demand. In this case, it is a matter of course to start one, several, or even more wars for this commodity.
Then, there was the establishment of the Thirteen State Colonies, and then the Thirteen State Colonies became the world's largest cotton production base. And then there was the War of Independence.
For hundreds of years, even the royal family has declined, and even lost the crown. But the natives of the New World are still unruly, still free, still maintaining their independence, still out of place.
This is not to say that this is true for all indigenous people. In fact, this is not the case, there will never be a shortage of traitors in this world, and there will never be a shortage of traitors. At the same time, the power of religion is very strong. The Church of the Radiant Lord, who has sufficient miraculous knowledge, theological knowledge, and missionary experience, can easily gain a large number of pagan converts.
Especially after this, the Native Americans were surprised to find that these guys with pale skin like corpses had a lot of good things that they didn't know.
Whether it was cloth, or table salt, whether it was gunpowder, muskets, or iron. It's all things that the Native Americans want, but can't get. In this case, trade and employment relations were born.
It's like the Gothic merchant before him. As long as William could satisfy those guys' needs for ironwork, then William could get the help of thousands, if not tens of thousands, of Cherokee warriors.
It's just that, very unfortunately, William didn't need their help or assistance, or anything like that. What William wanted was for them to be loyal to him. William wanted them to be wholeheartedly loyal to him and to be a cornerstone of his rule over the New World.
So, there's a very, very regrettable thing here, and that's that in the New World in the south-central region, the Maya, the Aztecs, and the Incas...... After the conquest of the Kingdom of Asturias, the indigenous inhabitants of the Mexican Valley and the Andes were obedient people. They were subject to the rule of the king of Asturias, and were willing to pay the poll tax, as well as their gold, and silver. Anyway, these guys prefer to use cloth and cocoa beans as their currency, and gold is not much use.
Incidentally, it should also be emphasized that in this "really God" world, plague and other diseases do not seem to be incurable. Those priests who possess divine magic can easily spend a little energy to produce a large amount of so-called holy water that can cure any disease.
And those indigenous Indians who believe in ancestral spirits, or animal spirits, or other strange gods, shamans, priests, and prophets among these people, although they are not as strong as the priests of Radiance in the child Hu, but the ability to cure diseases is the basic, the foundation, and the most important ability.
So, there weren't too many massacres of Indians in the world. This is one of the reasons why there were so many Indians of all tribes and races in the colonies of the New World.
"Maybe it's because they've entered a more civilized era. It was at this time that Elise answered a question from William: "Those people, I have heard that they have begun to build cities, to gather in the city-states for productive activities. And their economy is also based on agriculture, in addition to this, their business is also very developed. In this case, they are naturally good and easy to tame and train.
The Indians of the Northern Continent are different. The vast majority of these guys still exist as tribes, or tribal federations. They live by hunting and nomadism. Like those barbarians east of Russia...... No, even they were a little further behind than the barbarians, for they were still using stone weapons. β
"The Maya, Aztecs and Incas of the south also used stone weapons. At this time, Charlumi reminded.
"But they are at least more civilized in their form of organization. Elise said.
"Perhaps. Well...... Maybe you have a point. William nodded: "Let these Indians become more civilized." This is indeed one of the ways to make them more docile. It's just that this can't be considered an answer, only a result. William said:
"What I'm saying is that I need to feel a sense of identity. β
"Sense of identity?" William's words did not resonate with the others. In fact, the vast majority of the participants were a little overwhelmed. They had absolutely no idea what exactly William was talking about. In fact, they were not at all sure what William was trying to say. β
"I mean, let the Cherokees, or the Iroquois, or whatever tribe come into their own. William said: "I hope that they will identify with us and think that we are a family, so that they can become more civilized, more close to us, and more loyal to us." β
"What you say is just a result, not an answer. Elise said, "Identify with us, become civilized, and be loyal to us." Speaking of which, it's actually the same thing. β
"Yes. William nodded: "It feels like it's the same thing - and, again, I hope you don't interject, I'm not done yet."
So, how do you make them feel identified?
First of all, we have to change their consciousness so that they think that their present life is wrong, that their present barbaric, primitive, backward life is wrong - that is, I want to make them yearn for our life. Let them aspire to be civilized, to live our lives, to be civilized people like us.
In fact, when I read the materials related to the New World, I found that the Indians did not dislike our life, and that there were many Native Americans who were broad-minded and understood the benefits that civilized life could bring them.
The problem is that we, no, should I say, the colonizers before us completely failed to understand their mission. They don't want to educate and civilize these indigenous people. They despise them, they look down on them, they think that these natives are unworthy, or deserved, to have the same life as us.
Some radicals even believe that these Indians are not human, but only some kind of high-class monkeys.
In this case, we refuse to teach them, we refuse to integrate them into our society, and we refuse to teach them those things about civilization. The relationship between the two sides is only to exploit, to exploit each other, to trade with each other, to war with each other. In this case, the Indians naturally do not identify with us. Naturally, they will not pledge allegiance to us. β
"What kind of knowledge do you teach them, Your Highness?, and to be honest, I don't think the natives have enough wisdom to understand our so-called civilization. At this time, a representative of Hereford said something like this.
"No, they're smart enough. William said: "We communicated with them in the form of war before this. So soon, they learned to ride horses and muskets. Even some indigenous tribes use these two weapons better than us. I don't think there's anything wrong with their ability to learn. β
"However, this can pose a threat to us. If the Indians really become 'civilized,' they might form a nation of their own, or whatever, and that would cause us a lot of trouble. Another civil servant, who graduated from Circassian University, said with some concern.
"There's no need to worry. Because it was they who integrated into us unilaterally. Their organizational units were tribes, tribes, and they did not have the opportunity to form their own state. We are harvesting millions, if not more, of individual indigenous peoples, not just one indigenous collective. Do you see what I mean, my friend?"
"The question now, then, is, what exactly should we do, William?" asked Charlumi at last......