Chapter 46 Pisacek 5: Two Squads 6 Destiny
The next day, at noon, the sun shone brightly and the cloudless.
A totem pole made of straight birch trees with a height of about three feet and a breast diameter of about one foot stands upright on that picture
In the middle of the pole.
In the past, the totem poles were carved with sharp obsidian. Now that we are in this era, if not in the depths
Inland tribes will have some iron knives, axes, etc. in their hands. The totem pole in front of them is obviously taller than others and is more delicately carved.
The totem pole is painted with juices of various colors obtained by natives from leaves, flowers, and trunks. At first glance, it seems to be painted with some kind of paint. The top of the totem pole is carved with the image of a river god they imagined. Not to mention, the image of this river god is really similar to that of one of the two major beasts in Middle Earth (the other is naturally a phoenix). Of course, since it is the "dragon" of the Americas, it naturally contains elements such as grizzly bears, bisons, and lions.
In the past, according to the rituals of the Susquehanna tribe, when the object was to be burned to death, the object would be tied to the totem pole, but the current scene was a bit strange.
Perhaps because he followed the advice of the white shaman Jenny, a cross bar appeared in the middle of the totem pole. Sun Dehui's arms were tied to the cross bar, and her body was still tied to the totem pole.
This naturally contains Jenny's strange thoughts.
Sun Dehui, who was tightly tied to the rattan, drooped her head - her burning became more and more powerful, and the strong dizziness made the trace of clarity that she had kept for herself disappear, allowing the natives to do whatever they wanted under Jenny's command.
Under the totem pole is full of dry branches picked up by native people from the mountains.
Jenny was performing the rituals she had learned from her ex-Great Shaman, and she had clearly felt that she had transformed into Satan, a dark angel with black wings and a hideous face.
Originally a devout Puritan, she was trapped in the rhythm of dance and made her enjoy her existence as Satan, and finally she was completely united with the devil angel she imagined.
When she stopped dancing with sweat, she was hesitant whether to burn this person to death, because this person was the only person in the hidden mountain who could speak European languages and could communicate with her in terms of religion and culture. If she was gone, she would be alone with these natives until death.
Yesterday, Sun Dehui explicitly rejected her.
This is Sun Dehui. If it were Sun Dezhao, she would definitely know how to change things. She would pretend to agree to Jenny and wait for an opportunity to escape. However, Sun Dehui is different. She is a principled person.
So, she must die.
Today, when she learned that she was going to be burned to death, she felt a little free and easy, because she was almost in a coma now. Under such circumstances, perhaps she would suffer much less when enduring this torture.
Among the people surrounding the totem pole, there were both men and women, all with naked upper body, and only a grass skirt was worn around their waists. Among them, there was a man holding a torch and looking at Sun Dehui with his head hanging down, his eyes were quite unbearable.
This person is named Andupa, the son of the former chief. The Susquehanna tribe has not yet reached the point where the chieftain's position has been passed down from generation to generation. After the death of the previous chief, several oldest men and women in the clan will jointly recommend the bravest man to succeed him.
However, when Jenny led the tribe to escape from the Shawnees, she held the Great Shaman and the position in her hands, but she was very scheming and appointed Andupa as a position similar to the deputy chief. Since she often lived alone on the mountain, in fact, the daily affairs of the tribe were still under Andupa.
"Ah Dudu..."
Jenny suddenly raised her hands to the sky and called out loudly in earthly words.
Jenny's call reminded Andupa that it was time to light the firewood.
He looked at the shadow of the totem pole and had completely disappeared.
noon!
He squatted down and was about to extend the torch in his hand to the gap in the pile of firewood. At the same time, Jenny's dance began again. According to the requirements of the ceremony, when the sacrifice was burned to the river god, the only great shaman who could communicate with the river god would continue to express his/her surrender and respect, and these could only be done with dance.
At this moment, no one could stop Sun Dehui from being burned to death, not to mention that she had already hung her head depressedly, not to realize what was happening around her.
"slow!"
At this moment, a loud shout came from the wooden house on the back of Jenny's residence.
The call is also spoken in the local language, of course, it is spoken in the Algonquin language!
I saw a person standing near the totem pole that was used by Jenny to divine in the middle of the wooden house. It was Sun Dexiao!
In fact, Sun Dexiao has been here for a while. Since he was only one person, when Sun Dehui was tied to the totem pole, he was also nervously thinking about how to act. He was originally going to fire three consecutive short guns in his hand to scare the locals away, but he found that there was a short gun hanging on the chest of the white woman dancing wildly, a short gun he had seen.
So, in an instant, he had the idea that the natives had seen the power of firearms, and his actions might not work. In fact, his idea made perfect sense. The Susquehanna tribe migrated from both sides of the Susquehanna River to the mountains, while the British and Dutch came to the Chesapeake Bay area decades ago. How could he not have seen firearms?
So he thought of another thing.
Sun Dehui always carried a leather bag around him, which was made of bison leather that was widely worshipped by native Americans at this time. The bag was dyed into three colors, which was very eye-catching.
In the bag there is a leather hat said to be made of female bison leather, and four arrows!
The hat is made of albino cows that are rare in the herd of bison, and the arrowheads of the arrows are ground from the bones of cows, the shafts of the arrows come from the oak trees, and the tails of the arrows come from the bald sea eagle. Such arrow branches are already very rare among the local people today.
The bag comes from the Cheyenne shaman that Sun Dehui rescued in Yellowstone Park. Her son is also the chief of the tribe.
For the natives who were generally in matriarchal society at this time, the albino cows were extraordinary and extremely precious. At this time, among the tribes that were generally speaking of the Algonquin language, they believed that in addition to the gods of heaven and earth, there were four elves in this world. These four arrows mean that these four elves would be invincible when carrying this bag when fighting.
Of course, if you defeat it, it will definitely not be a problem with the elves, but the lack of sacrifice and respect for the protectors of your tribe.
It is worth noting that white bison or cows are extremely rare. Therefore, among the huge Algonquin tribes at this time, there were very few tribes who could truly own this bag, hat and four arrows. Once they had such a bag, they were very likely to be qualified to be the chief of the tribe alliance.
This section was naturally known by the Susquehanna people, one of the Iroquois tribes.
When Sun Dehui met the shaman, she was suffering from malaria and was about to die. Sun Dehui cured her with her precious cinchona cream powder on her body, otherwise she would not have given her such a precious gift.
Of course, since this tribe has such an object, it must have hunted white cows and there were more than one bag.
"Bang!"
Sun Dexiao, a father like Sun Dexiao, was abandoned after being robbed by the Mongols to the north, and his mother was the descendant of the illiterate Widow Soren, so he naturally could not distinguish the specific value of this object. Although Sun Dehui mentioned it to them when he came out this time, she herself did not know its specific function, and others did not understand the root cause. They all believed that "it was nothing more than a rare object in the tribe."
Sun Dexiao could not know the difference between the Algonquin language family and the Iroquoi tribe, and the deep hatred between them. In desperation, he treated the dead horse as a living horse and threw it out without considering the consequences!
He thought, "Since it is a precious object, it can at least cause some disturbances in the native tribes. At that time, he will go down and mess with them about the origin of this object and slowly kill the time until Fei Yangtahun arrives with his large army!"
What surprised him was that because he was wearing the white cowhide hat and only exposed his head, he immediately caused fluctuations in the field after he threw out the object!
Including Andupa, almost in an instant, all the natives ran away!
This object has such great power!
Sun Dexiao was overjoyed and quickly went down to the ground. When he came to the totem pillar in the square, Andupa also threw down the torch when he was shocked and left. At this time, the torch had already ignited the fire!
Moreover, there was still no one around the totem pole!
Jenny!
Not only that, Jenny also pointed the strange short gun at him!
Sun Dexiao was full of thoughts, "When I ran towards here, this person did not launch. The situation is urgent now, so I ignore her and save the princess!"
He kicked away the burning firewood around the totem pole, then used a horizontal knife to separate the ropes on Sun Dehui's body, and then hugged her and ran into the wooden house. He had observed that the wooden house was the best defense location, and there was only one exit for the wooden house.
At this time, Jenny's short gun had already hit his head. At this time, Sun Dexiao was sure that this person would not use the short gun at all, so he ignored her, picked up Sun Dehui and ran into the wooden house.
He guessed correctly that this was a new type of short gun, which needed to be tamped before firing. Jenny had seen men using short guns when she was in Massachusetts. At this time, even short guns needed to temporarily load ammunition and then fired them. However, she would neither load nor use this new type of short gun, which was just to hold them in her hand to boost her courage.
When Sun Dexiao removed the wooden door of the wooden house, a door spliced together with four small pieces of wood, and then placed it horizontally at the door as an obstacle, Jenny rushed in from outside.
At this time, Sun Dexiao was holding the Hanhai Army's standard three-in-one gun, a two-pound flintlock short gun. The lead of this short gun is the same as an ordinary musket, and the close-range lethality is still amazing. For some reason, Sun Dexiao hesitated for a moment and let Jenny come in.
However, when Jenny had just stepped into the wooden house, he snatched the short gun from her hand.
Just as he carefully studied the short gun, Andupa and others who had already awakened came back!
About a hundred strong men with naked upper bodies came over with a few machetes and a large number of sharpened wooden sticks!
Unlike what Sun Dexiao thought, when they saw the white leather bag and the objects in the bag, their first reaction was that the Shawnees came! So the funny scene just now came.
Like Jenny, Sun Dexiao still didn't understand how to use the only six-shot short gun in the Great Xia Kingdom!
Sun Dexiao inserted the golden gun around his waist and thought nervously how to fight the enemy.
"The short gun only has three lead bullets. The locals have seen muskets. They will definitely not be able to scare them away with muskets. Three lead bullets can only kill three people. After the shooting is finished, then use a horizontal knife to guard the door?"
Chapter completed!