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Chapter 6 Welcome, friends from afar

The place where Zhao Hongyu and the other two stayed at this time was a vast plain area. In front of their vision was a dense forest that was faintly visible.

To rest, Song Hu dug a hole in the snow to hide from the wind and snow.

Therefore, if the four of them were not paid attention, they would not be discovered at all.

Although they will not be discovered, it does not mean that they will not be discovered.

Song Hu, who was in charge of the alert, made a discovery at this time.

"There is movement!"

After reporting in a low voice, Song Hu quickly held the cross axe on the outside of his thigh and the machete on his back in his hand, and then showed his little head and stared at the front.

With Song Hu's warning, Wang Shan and Zhang Tie climbed out of the snow pit, slowly crawled to a distance and lurked down while slowly covering the snow on themselves.

Zhao Hongyu also became nervous. He also held the machete behind him in his hand, slowly exposed his head and looked in the direction of Song Hu's gaze.

"It shouldn't be true. Indians generally don't come out to play in winter, which makes no sense." Zhao Hongyu muttered in his heart when he thought of a book written by Europeans about the colonial period of the American continent.

In that book, the author clearly pointed out that due to the productivity of the Indians, they had no way to make clothes that could fight the cold, so they would stay in their own camp tents every winter to reduce the calorie consumption when going out.

And winter is also a great news for the colonists.

Because the Indians would not appear in winter, and there would be nothing to worry about in their safety.

What they fear most for the colonists were the days from spring to autumn that allowed Indians to move at will.

Because since 1492, the relationship between Indians and European immigrants has not been very harmonious.

Killing is even more common.

Anyway, it’s either you kill me or I kill you.

Before the 18th century, there was actually not much difference in the armed forces of Indians and European immigrants.

The Indians won because of their large numbers, while the Europeans won because of their mesh guns and advanced weapons.

But overall, it was the Indians who beat the Europeans.

It’s just a pity that the Indians themselves were fighting in internal conflicts and were taken advantage of by the Europeans, which eventually led to their slowly disappearing.

It was even written in that book that Indian tribes united in one summer, destroying more than fifty of the eighty-eight immigration sites in Britain on the American continent, making Europeans frightened.

This is a real example of what happened in the second half of the 17th century.

Therefore, it cannot be said that the Indians are not strong.

The Indians in North America had more courage and bloodier than the Incas in Central America.

Of course, as the Indians themselves were instigated by the Europeans to fight each other, the industrial revolution emerged in Europe and technology greatly improved.

When more powerful weapons appeared, the Indians fell.

But no matter what, at this time of the 17th century (general reference to 1600-1699), Europeans were still afraid of Indians. Even when the ice and snow melted in spring, Europeans at every immigration site were in panic all day long.

The term ‘Indian Summer’ is what the elderly in the American immigration sites warn every new immigrant to pay attention to.

Thinking of this, Zhao Hongyu was very surprised. What did Song Hu discover?

Maybe…it may not be a wild beast.

Following Song Hu's gaze, on the snow-covered plain, two Indian youths wearing animal skins and two feathers on their heads were catching a coyote.

In the waist-deep snow, the coyote's movements were also restricted. At this moment, it had been hit by several arrows and was about to lose strength and fall down.

However, the instinct of survival drove it to continue to run forward and escape.

The two Indian young men also chased after the coyotes.

The direction where the coyotes escaped was exactly where Zhao Hongyu and the others rested.

"No, is that the book written incorrectly? Isn't it that Indians shouldn't have come out in winter? And the Indian tribes I met along the way were all clinging to warm up in the tents I set up."

Looking at the two Indian young men chasing behind the coyote, Zhao Hongyu muttered to himself.

The coyote was exhausted, and the pain on his body made it unable to support it. At the same time, the continuous passage of blood had brought its life to an end.

As if he knew that his life was about to end, the coyote turned around and tried hard.

However, it is obvious that the two Indian youths will not let the coyote succeed.

Whoosh!

Another arrow shot into the coyote's throat accurately. The powerful inertia brought the coyote to the snow pit where Zhao Hongyu was resting.

Two Indian young men walked over with a relaxed look on their faces. The fallen coyotes were no longer in danger.

As long as two Indian youths come over, they will definitely discover Zhao Hongyu and Song Hu.

Will misunderstandings and conflicts arise when a sudden happens?

"You are from that tribe, don't get me wrong! We are just passers-by!"

In the end, Zhao Hongyu, who had no choice but to squat in the snow pit and shout loudly in Indian language.

The sudden sound really scared the two Indian youths. The two of them jumped away for a while, and at the same time, they opened their bows and arrows, and looked around nervously.

Hurry!

Before they could find anything, Wang Shan and Zhang Tie rushed out of the snow and controlled them from behind.

The cold inferior iron dagger pressed against his throat, and even a fool knew what he should do now.

While Wang Shan and Zhang Tie controlled the two Indians, Song Hu and quickly rushed out of the snow pit and came to the two Indian youths, quickly removed their bows and arrows and the axes on their waists and threw them aside.

After no threat was completely gone, Zhao Hongyu crawled out of the snow pit.

"We have no malicious intentions and do this just to not cause necessary misunderstandings."

When he walked to the two Indian youths, Zhao Hongyu said to them sincerely in Indian language. At the same time, he waved his hand and asked Zhang Tie and Wang Shan to let go of the two Indian youths.

Yi Yan let go of the two guys, but Zhang Tie and Wang Shan stood behind them with alert and looked at them without relaxing at all.

Although they were let go, the eyes of the two Indian youths were still filled with anger, hatred and fear.

"We are a tribe from the north. Our tribe was attacked by the Moklay tribe. I got separated from my tribe..." Zhao Hongyu said lies and didn't need to be beaten with a draft.

He said that his tribe was attacked by the Mockley tribe and was bullied by the French.

As he told the story, the two young men gradually became less nervous.

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...

Attido and Ruzba are the names of these two Indian youths. After Zhao Hongyu's explanation and show of kindness, they have become friends now.

The two Indian youths were not very old, one was nineteen years old and the other was twenty-four years old.

Although Zhao Hongyu's appearance is a bit special, he is not "white skin" after all. He can speak fluent Indian language, which is enough to gain the small trust of the two Indian youths.

Especially after Zhao Hongyu took out a box of matches and gave them one box, the two Indian youths immediately regarded Zhao Hongyu as brothers.

"Originally, we wouldn't have come out in this cold winter. But my father was sick and was still very sick. The wizard in the tribe said that if I could have a coyote's heart, maybe my father would be better."

The younger Indian young man Attido said with a sad face that the reason why he and Luzba came out to hunt wolves in winter.

In fact, the book Zhao Hongyu read is right. Indians will not come out in winter because the weather is too cold.

Although they have fur-sewn clothes, can that be called clothes?

Low-quality handicrafts are just a few pieces of fur that are pieced together and put on the body, and it is impossible to keep warm at all.

Attido's face was frozen purple, which made Zhao Hongyu sigh that the Indians of this era were so resistant to freezing.

Under the leadership of two Indian youths, Zhao Hongyu and the other four came to their tribe.

And Zhao Hongyu also knew the names of the tribes to which these two young people belonged...Mo Xigan!

When Zhao Hongyu learned the name of this tribe, he couldn't help but feel excited.

He knew that he might have come near New York now. Because the settlement of the Mohigan tribe was on the plain on the left side of Manhattan Island in New York.

How could Zhao Hongyu know so much? This is also due to his colleagues who were Indians when he was sent to the United States by the company.

So, from his colleagues, he learned a lot of history about Indians.

Attido took Zhao Hongyu into the center of the tribe and came to the largest and tallest triangular tent.

"Please come in with me, brothers from afar, just whisper, my father is not in a good condition now."

Attido walked to the tent, raised the fur curtain and signaled it, and reminded.

Zhao Hongyu nodded and walked in behind Attido.

Well! It tastes so big!

As soon as he entered the tent, Zhao Hongyu was soaked by the sour smell.

In this day, the hygiene situation of Indians is really unacceptable.

After walking in, Attido chatted with a man with a strong "oil color" on his face for a while, and then handed him the coyote he brought back.

Then, Attido pointed at Zhao Hongyu and the other two again, and signaled Zhao Hongyu and the others to go over.

Zhao Hongyu knew that that person might be a wizard.

"Friends from afar, Moxi Cadre welcomes you."

The wizard lowered his head and said in the ears of the old patriarch who could not open his eyes. The old patriarch reluctantly said hello.

Then, Attido took Zhao Hongyu and the others back aside and watched the wizard cure the clan leader.
Chapter completed!
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