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Druid in the New Century 5200 Text 449. Yining Caihuang

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    "If you look at the color alone, many people will mistakenly think it is a common ornament of the Sioux people."

    "Please look here, young Mr. Exotic - the bird feather is the common chestnut-winged bird in the United States? This bird is distributed throughout the West from New Mexico to the Rocky Mountains, so it cannot be judged from its geographical location.  The origin of the feather ornament, but the oil paint on it is okay. The Sioux and Cheyenne people both have the custom of painting their crown feathers with bright red"

    The person talking eloquently in front of Bai Huang was Professor Camoyer of the Native American Studies Department and Director of the Institute of Native American Species at the University of Portland.

    Because his research direction is all Indian groups on the North American continent, the origin and origin of these groups is naturally one of his research subjects.

    As for the origin of Indians, there is a theory that during the Ice Age, the ancestors of these people came to Alaska in North America from the Far Eastern Continent of East Asia through the frozen Bering Strait.  Because he needed to follow the clues, the professor had also stayed at the China Institute of Paleoanthropology for two or three years and had academic exchanges, so Chinese conversation was not a problem at all.

    Of course, not to mention the many twists and turns we went through in the process of finding this Indian expert, the cost of hiring someone for half a day reached an exaggerated US$15,000.

    In the process of identifying the origin of feathers, the equipment usage fee has to be calculated separately.

    But after listening to the professor¡¯s meticulous explanation, Bai Huang had only one feeling: it was worth every penny.

    If the University of Portland also has Taobao's scoring system.  Druid will definitely give this professor a five-star rating and say that he will come back next time he has the opportunity.

    "However, we only need to distinguish carefully. From the subtle color of the oil paint, we can see that this is not a complete prairie Indian tribal custom. The crown feathers of the Sioux and Cheyenne people are exposed to the sun on the prairie, so the feathers are  The feather barbules will appear yellow under the microscope, but this feather is not like this. Look at its barbules, what did you find?" The energetic old professor pulled Bai Huang under the microscope with great interest.  Press his head and point loudly.  Very persuasive.

    There is no way, who asked this professor to study a humanities and social sciences that is absolutely unpopular even in the United States?

    Although he is a master in the field, an out-and-out master, except for the elective courses prescribed by the school, no students take the initiative to enroll in his courses.  For an old professor who is full of talents and has nowhere to express himself, life is simply as lonely as snow.  Not to mention those colleagues who teach medicine, psychology, etc., even in the declining disciplines of traditional chemistry and classical physics, he cannot compare.

    It¡¯s not easy for someone to come to ask for advice, and it¡¯s a young man from a foreign country.  How could this not make the old professor ecstatic? How could he not satisfy his desire to be a role model for others?

    Being dragged under the microscope, Bai Huang looked at the eyepiece again and again. Bai Huang said doubtfully and uncertainly: "You foundthe branchlets are dark red?"

    "bingo!"

    The old professor was very satisfied with Bai Huang's observation ability and looked at him expectantly: "Young drunk. I think you have a very keen observation ability and a well-read mind. And you are so knowledgeable about this science.  Interested. Well, have you considered applying for my graduate program? Don't worry, language is not a problem. Anyway, I understand Chinese, and I can assure you that as long as you apply, you will definitely pass the exam."

    It¡¯s all over there and there.

    Bai Huang felt a chill in his heart. The old guy must have been lonely for too long. Language, race, etc. are not a problem at all. If he catches someone, he won't let him go.

    "Professor Camoyer, the branchlets are dark red instead of orange. What does this mean?" Bai Huang quietly brought the topic back.

    The old professor was very disappointed with Bai Huang's lack of cooperation. Looking at the druid's regretful expression, it was like Ximen Qing seeing Lianlian who married Wu Dalang.

    But out of professionalism, and of course the more important thing is the 15,000 US dollars, which is completely comparable to the remuneration of his half-year research funding, the old professor can only return to the topic: "This shows that the owner of this feather ornament lives in the world all year round.  In a humid environment.¡±

    "Jungle Indian?" Bai Huang drew inferences.

    But his answer this time failed to get the approval of Professor Camoyer. After the old man smiled inexplicably, he moved the feather slice: "Most people will think so, but what I want to tell you is,  The colorful feather crowns of the jungle Indians have always been just decorations for festivals or some major gatherings and events. In daily life, they would not wear such feathers. Think about it, just looking at a reindeer  I was about to enter your shooting range, but I ran away in panic because I found the colorful crown"

    Bai Huang understood what the other party meant.

    The Jungle Indians made a living by gathering berries and hunting - of course, not?As for those who were driven into the reservation areas by the white people, they were primitive ethnic groups who insisted on their own traditions and refused modern socialization. When these people were moving in the jungle, they wore colorful headbands, and that was idiots.

    But since it was the Indians who stole the Druid seeds, then maybe for them, this is Rong's "holy object" action, so it is very possible to take Caiyu with him and be cautious.

    Before finding Professor Camoyer for advice, he had looked up some relevant information.

    Indians believe in "animism" and respect nature very much. They treat every plant, tree, mountain and water in their living environment with an attitude of awe.  To a certain extent, they can even be regarded as the Druids on the American continent, but they do not have complete and accurate Druid teachings.

    But the old professor immediately gave more powerful evidence: "And in addition to the dark red color of the red part of the feather barbs, the other part is almost the same area as the red indigo, which also shows that this feather does not come from the jungle Indian tribe.  Because those tribes preferred indigo when using cool-toned oil paints, which is much easier to identify than distinguishing the subtle differences in feather barbules."

    Bai Huang is speechless, who is the expert?

    "Then this feather"

    even though.  Listen to these knowledgeable scholars explain some interesting facts and knowledge that you have never heard before.  It's also more interesting, but for a druid, collecting seeds is more important.

    So at this moment, he no longer cared about his demeanor, and looked at Kamoye eagerly, wishing he could just use the thought detector to take out everything in the other person's stomach.

    "Haha, don't be so impatient. The process of exploring new knowledge is so interesting. Why do you always want to see the results directly?" The old man smiled happily.

    But when he suddenly discovered that Bai Huang's eyes were already turning from herbivores to carnivores, he spread his hands regretfully: "Okay, okay, maybe you are rushing over there to meet your Indian girlfriend.  Is that why you are so anxious to date? Then please listen. This feather should be a product of the Indian tribe in the plateau cultural area, and judging from the dyeing of the feather branchlets, it belongs to the fishing and hunting area in the plateau cultural area, that is to say  The owner of this feather lives on a mountain plateau where a big river flows."

    For American geography.  Bai Huang had already investigated it when he first came here.

    Combined with his previous understanding of the situation of the Indians, his face immediately became suspicious: "It can't be the Mexican plateau in New Mexico and Arizona, right? That's where the Apaches live"

    Damn it, what tribe of Indians is not good, but the Apaches who are famous for their ferocity and wariness

    The armed attack helicopters of the United States are named after these indigenous people.  Could it be something innocent and harmless?

    "Leak, leak! Young friend, you seem to have made something wrong again." Professor Camoyer's desire for evidence and guidance broke out again. He raised his thumb and waved it back and forth in front of Bai Huang's eyes: "That's called Apache."  tribe, not the Apaches. Any Indian group that speaks the Apache language family is broadly called the Apache tribe. But many tribes within these groups, such as the Lipan tribe and the Mezca tribe, will hear you say this.  He said he would use violence."

    Bai Huang wisely shut up and did not express any opinions.

    Seeing that he tightly pursed his lips and said nothing, the old professor laughed sadly: "Well, in fact, this feather should be the ornament of the Sahaputin people. And it is not the colorful feather on the crown.  The Indians in the northern highlands never decorate their crowns with colorful feathers, only black and white feathers, which should be inserted on both sides of the back shoulders."

    Fishing and hunting, mountains

    Wow, why didn¡¯t I remember that the Rocky Mountains extend to the United States, and it is also the basin of the Columbia River? And this area is just northeast of the town of Keno, and it is the state of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.  The state's tri-state junction location.  No matter how far away the Indians are, they can't find their way to the town of Keno.

    But Bai Huang also knows a little about these Sahaputing people. They are divided into seven ethnic groups, east and west. God knows which ethnic group this feather belongs to?

    "But professor, this Sahaputin people have several tribes" Bai Huang grinned and frowned slightly.

    "You are very lucky, Chinese boy." Professor Camoyer looked at him with an expression that seemed to be sympathetic, but also a bit gloating: "Although I don't know why you are looking for this feather.  Master, but what I want to say is, no matter whether there is a reason or pure curiosity, do not go further."

    "Because among the Sahaputin people, there is only one tribe that chooses indigo oil paint, and that is the Palouse people. This tribe is located along the Palouse River, which is what the Snake River is called in the three northwest states. Well, they  It's custom to be warlike, conservative, and wary. Even in the 1980s, some tribes still retained the custom of hunting the heads of rival tribes to divide their military merits"

    "However, doesn't it mean that many Indian tribes have been assimilated into American society?" Bai Huang narrowed his eyes and looked at Kamoye.

    Faced with the Druid's question, Kamoye just chuckled and sneered: "This tribe is distributed along the Palouse River, which is also the name of the Snake River in the three northwest states. I won't tell you the rest, but you should know it.  Right? As a boundary between three states, and in an area like the Rocky Mountains that is difficult for modern civilization to reach, do you think the Indian tribes there would be such hospitable people?"

    Bai Huang sniffed, there was nothing more to say.

    "But he has broken through all the drug lords' lairs, including several cannibal tribes.  It can still scare him.

    "I mistakenly thought it was the Apache group before, but I just thought it was a bit troublesome.  Not really afraid of anything.

    "Thank you, Professor Kamoye. I hope that when you come back next time, your Indian Studies program has not been abolished by your school leadership." After expressing his gratitude to Kamoye in a vicious manner, Bai Huang  Wave goodbye.

    "Hey, you hateful boy, although I heard your curse. But I still want to say, don't take risks with the Palouse people!"

    Looking at the druid¡¯s back, the old professor jumped to his feet and shouted.

    ¡­¡­

    This old man is not bad, he is familiar with the current situation in China, and he doesn¡¯t have any prejudices unique to white-skinned pigs.

    But Bai Huang is destined to live up to his good intentions.

    Who dared to touch the tiger's buttocks from that Palouse man?  How about pulling teeth out of the crocodile's mouth and competing with lions for food? No matter how much those people believe in nature or how cruel they are to other strangers, Bai Huang will go for it and won't give up until he gets the Druid seed.

    In downtown Portland, I randomly took a Greyhound bus heading east.  Then after getting off the bus in a slightly secluded town, Bai Huang found a safe place, transformed into a big bird and soared into the sky.

    Holding the compass in his hand on his paw, Bai Huang flew all the way to the east-south direction until he saw a clear river hidden in the mountains.  Only then did we find a place to stop and rest.

    We have arrived at the Snake River, let¡¯s go down the river.  You can find the Palouse people.

    But it was already dusk, so he first had to find a place to spend the night.

    After a night of casual dealing in the wilderness, when he got up the next day, the Druid stretched his body with blurred eyes and actually stabbed something furry.

    When I looked back, I was speechless. It turned out to be a group of North American gray wolves that could scare ordinary people to death.  When several wolf cubs saw him waking up, they immediately chirped energetically, even ignoring the mother wolf calling from a little further away.

    ¡°I must have felt the power of nature and sneaked over here at night.

    ¡°If this were an ordinary person, he wouldn¡¯t be so scared that he would get an anal fissure.

    Bai Huang spent a lot of time with wild animals, so he wasn't scared, but he felt like he was being quietly slept on.

    "Damn it, a few minors still slept with it." The druid scratched the back of his head speechlessly and played with these rare animals in China for a while before transforming into a big bird and flying again.

    Looking back, the female wolf actually showed a very human look of shock in her eyes. It was obvious that she was frightened this time.

    ¡­¡­

    While snickering, I walked up the river with a strange name. Along the way, I met some Indian tribes who were hiding from modern civilization at several places with good terrain.

    But he was not sure whether the people he saw were Palouse people.

    However, the target of the Druid is not just the Palouse people. Anyway, judging from the situation where the bracelet was stolen, there may be tribal witch doctors among the Indian tribes that retain their original beliefs.  Aware of the extraordinary nature of natural seeds, it is likely that there are other seed fragments among these primitive Indian tribes.

    So when he found a tribe, he circled down, searching and feeling over the tribe. Only after he was sure that there was no fluctuation of Druid seeds, he flew up to the sky again.

    But whenever he lowered his height and was seen by the primitive Indians, most of these different tribes would stay for a long time, then yell and yell, and then call everyone in the tribe out and face each other outside.  He knelt down and worshiped, worshiping him as if he were a god.

    ¡°Halo, do you want to be so exaggerated?

    Bai Huang only knew that Indians respected nature and admired some powerful natural creatures, especially the overlords of the sky. There were hundreds of tribes, large and small, in the entire North American continent, with eagles as their tribal totems.  nearly half, the restThere are also tribes that believe in gods and will not ignore the large birds like eagles and eagles

    But these real scenes that happened in front of Druid still made him sigh with emotion.

    ¡­¡­

    Because he had to search back and forth on both sides of the Snake River, Bai Huang's progress was not fast. The total flight mileage was almost more than 200 kilometers, but he was still traveling between Idaho and Oregon. The day passed quickly. Waiting for him to find  He changed back to his human form in a certain place, and when he searched the satellite map, he found that he was in a straight line distance and had only walked more than thirty kilometers.

    But according to Kamoyer, within 20 kilometers on both sides of the Snake River, there may be tribal gathering areas of the Palouse people. Therefore, if you want to miss none, you can only search according to the current dragnet style.

    Four days later.

    The big white bird flew across the Snake River, the broadest and gentlest section in the Rocky Mountains, and arrived at the second-level plateau with a slightly lower altitude.

    Although the altitude is lower, the gap between the peaks is even greater. It is almost difficult to find a piece of flat land on both sides of the river.

    Damn it, how can people live in a place where birds don¡¯t poop?

    The druid murmured while expanding the search direction, because in this area, in addition to the Snake River, there are countless tributaries with slightly smaller flows, and wherever there is flowing water, there will always be human beings.  Space.

    Soon, he found a relatively gentle mountain slope. According to his previous experience, in this kind of area, he could encounter one or two Indian tribes no matter what.

    Bai Huang's guess is correct, and as a giant golden eagle, his eyesight is proportional to his body size.

    After flying for a while, he saw a plateau lake sandwiched in a mountain col in mid-air.

    The lake is not big, and can even be said to be a little small, but these are insignificant, because two or three kilometers away from the lake, he has already seen the iconic wooden totem poles of the Indian tribe.  In addition, he even sensed a kind of fluctuation that was vaguely similar to Druid seeds.

    Overjoyed, Bai Riguang still managed to keep calm. After some in-depth thinking, he decided not to make it so eye-catching this time, but to touch it carefully to see if it was a real Druid seed.

    Landing on the ground, he transformed back into his human form. Just as he was raising his legs to leave, he took out Ah Jiu again and transformed into his second form, Kenai Mountain Wolf, following him.

    It¡¯s not to prevent wild beasts, but to worry about giving yourself a javelin if the Palouse people come out to hunt.

    Soon, he approached the lake he saw earlier.

    The water in plateau lakes is always very clear and very refreshing. As a druid, this feeling is even more profound.  So after arriving at the lake, he did not continue moving forward, but couldn't help but stop, grab a handful of lake water, and wash his face.

    The refreshing water droplets slid down the cheeks and into the neck.

    When he opened his eyes, he couldn't help but froze.

    It wasn¡¯t that the lake water was too cold, or that a Kanas water monster suddenly popped up in front of us, but that a human face appeared in the blink of an eye on the originally calm lake, followed by a thrilling light yellow wheat color.

    = I want to make it clear that Indians are actually in line with Eastern aesthetics.

    Another time when I was on a bad website, I found a lot of photos of Indian beauties. It was much better to use them to fuck Lily than to look at Japan on the tip of my tongue. It was a perfect combination of wildness and natural beauty.  As for what coding means, I said I have no idea at all.
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