In the Mohican camp, the elders gathered together and were talking about the news about the black bear.
The old leader Samara remained expressionless and silent, while his son Atido sat quietly beside him.
After bidding farewell to Zhao Hongyu and leaving Manhattan Island, Black Bear returned to the Mohican tribe. He needed to know the opinions of the elders and the old leader Samara.
As Zhao Hongyu said, many things are beyond their control now.
What Zhao Hongyu can do is to lead his soldiers to fight against the white-skinned people, and fight in order not to become the slaves of the white-skinned people.
So, where is his black bear?
In fact, Black Bear also wants to fight with the White Skins like Zhao Hongyu. There is a bellicose element in his bones, a personality that never admits defeat, and a hatred for white-skinned people.
But within the Mohican tribe, Black Bear could only recruit more than a hundred warriors based on his personal abilities.
It is far from enough for more than a hundred people to fight white people.
Therefore, if we want to go into full-scale war with the White Skins, we need the consent of the elders and old leaders.
Only in this way can they gather enough warriors to fight the white people.
At the same time, you can also use the name of the entire Mohican tribe to ask vassal tribes and tribes that are friendly with them to send warriors to participate.
"Why are the white skins going to war with us Mohicans? Is this news true? Maybe the white people are gathering warriors to start a war with other tribes. There is no need for us to make a fuss, right?"
"What good would it do them to go to war with us? I don't understand."
"Baipi summoned the soldiers, I think we have to respond."
"We should send envoys to Yaksali City to negotiate with the Whites. Going to war will not do them any good, and I think they know this."
"Give some benefits to the white-skinned people. If these greedy guys get enough benefits, they won't deal with us."
The elders expressed their opinions in confusion, but most of them did not mention war against the white people. They either negotiated or chose to give benefits to the white people in the hope of peaceful coexistence.
Black Bear looked at the elders and couldn't help but sigh secretly.
Samara looked at the elders silently, no one knew what the old leader was thinking.
His son Atido looked at the elders and then at his old father. He was in a mess, but he couldn't come up with any good suggestions, which made Atido a little discouraged.
Samara felt his son¡¯s reaction. He was no longer silent and asked softly: ¡°Do you have any ideas?¡±
Facing his father's question, Atido shook his head and replied: "I don't know what to do, but I am thinking in my heart that we Mohicans have grown up here for generations, no matter what white-skinned people are. We are not really trying to seize our land, we all have to realize this. And the white people are extremely greedy. Even if we go to negotiate with them, they will not give up."
It has to be said that although Atido is very young, he still sees the problem relatively accurately.
At least, he has a good grasp of the mentality of white-skinned people.
Samara nodded and said to Atido, his beloved son: "The white-skinned people will never stop in northern Shaanxi this time. Even if we send envoys to negotiate with them with the will of peace, we will never come back." What's the gain?" The old leader Samara saw this issue more clearly.
Now that the British soldiers have been summoned, they will never waste these manpower.
And the Mohican tribe has begun to assimilate nearby tribes through trade during this period. If it lasts long enough, these tribes will be completely integrated into the Mohican.
The old leader Samara has seen this.
However, this was of great benefit to Mohawk, so Samara did not stop the cooperation with Zhao Hongyu. After all, if this continues, it will be of great benefit to the Mohican tribe.
If the surrounding tribes can integrate into Mohawk, Samara would also be happy to see this happen. This will make Mohican very powerful, and even the population will exceed 100,000 or 200,000.
When the Mohican tribe becomes stronger, what enemies will they fear?
"It's a pity that now it seems that the white people have also seen this, so they can't wait to kill the Mohican tribe.
"White people do this kind of thing all the time. Many tribes with potential were ruthlessly strangled by the white-skinned people when they first showed signs of success."?.
Samara has lived so long and has seen so much.
Zhao Hongyu could not have imagined that the old leader Samara had miscalculated, but the result was that it was developing in the direction he hoped for.
"Why did things turn out like this?" Artido looked at his father in confusion. He really couldn't figure out that Mohawk had no major interactions or conflicts with the white-skinned people. But this time the white-skinned people went to attack Mohawk, which really made him confused.
My son is still too young. Although he is a little smart, he is still far from his expectations.
Looking at Altido¡¯s expression full of confusion, Samara felt slightly disappointed in her heart.
"Atido, don't you think that after we started trading, the surrounding tribes and even tribes further away are trading with us, and the direct consequence of this is that the white people cannot receive the furs and other materials they need. Yes." Samara whispered to her son as plainly and clearly as possible so that he could learn something.
"You also know that white people are very greedy about finance. They came to our land from the ocean for furs and other products. And what we do is exactly the loss of the interests of these white people, so It makes sense that they want to deal with us Mohawks now.¡±
Listening to his old father explaining to himself bit by bit, young Atido gradually understood what was behind this.
"More importantly, the white-skinned people are unwilling to see the rise of our Mohicans. Because a powerful Mohican tribe is not in the interests of their white people. Only when all our Indians are like a piece of loose sand can they continue to You are domineering in this land."
Historically, not all Indian tribes were unable to see the situation clearly. In fact, there are some wise men, and they all know very well that if the Indian tribes unite, they will not be able to deal with Baipi at all.
It¡¯s just that most Indians don¡¯t understand or understand this truth.
And those tribes that clearly saw the fundamental problem were defeated and destroyed by other tribes, or directly destroyed by the white people, for one reason or another on the eve of their rise.
Therefore, the Indians fell into a strange circle, although they continued to fight. But they have never been able to defeat the white people, because they are already too far behind the times in terms of weapons and culture.
Therefore, it is not surprising that the leader of the Mohicans, Samara, saw the problem clearly.
What he didn¡¯t know was that the reason why the British launched the war against the Mohicans was just because of gold.
Of course, there are other factors involved. For example, to weaken the strength of other Indian tribes, or to take this opportunity to expand the British territory.
In short, the benefits are huge.
At the same time, the Mohican tribe¡¯s trade indeed affected the trade volume between the British and the Indians. Economically, the British suffered considerable losses, which made many businessmen resentful for a long time.
Therefore, this time the Governor of Virginia wants to launch a war against the Mohicans, and Virginia businessmen are very supportive.
Because after defeating the Mohicans, they can get the Erguotou technology and the method of making matches from the Mohicans. There were also techniques for making fine wooden dishes, along with all the goods now popular among the Mohican tribe.
Because they didn¡¯t know that these were products provided by Zhao Hongyu, the manufacturing source of these products was recorded on Moxi Gan¡¯s head.
How could these extremely sensitive businessmen not see the huge benefits contained therein?
But they can¡¯t go to the Mohican tribe to show off their guns, right?
"Deception will definitely not work. Since Mohawk can trade, he must understand some business principles."
Back to the subject, after listening to his father¡¯s explanation, Atido began to digest the information.
After seeing his son become silent, Samara turned his attention to the discussing elders. He saw that the elders were still discussing and full of capitulationist views, which made Samara a little angry.
So, he raised his hand and patted it, making everyone quiet down.
¡°I just heard your conversation and found that everyone¡¯s intention is to negotiate with the white-skinned people and strive for the necessary peace, right?¡±
Facing Samara¡¯s questions, the elders were silent.
¡°Let¡¯s talk about it, wasn¡¯t what you just talked about very lively?¡±
Everyone is obsessed with SamaraVery unhappy. When I didn't ask you just now, everyone spoke happily, but now when I ask you to speak, you all pretend to be dumb.
In fact, these elders are all hereditary, and their courage is not as good as that of ordinary Indian warriors.
Therefore, after they received the news from the black bear, their first reaction was to negotiate with the white men in exchange for peace.
Of course, this has something to do with them knowing that white people are powerful.
If they knew that they were going to war with a small tribe, these elders would definitely make a noise.
Samara deeply despises the virtues of these elders.
But he had nothing to do about it. Who made them elders? Who makes their combined voice in the tribe greater than that of Samara?
This is the rule passed down from the tribe, and Samara can't change it. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to subscribe and reward (this site). Your support is my biggest motivation.)