1840Indian rebirth

"Hello, Mayor Thomas." Chief Two Wolf got off his horse and greeted politely. Then he also greeted the translator, "There is also a bird's nest."

Then he said slowly after careful consideration: "We are here this time to renegotiate the land issue."

Mayor Thomas frowned: "How do you want to discuss it? Do you plan to sell more land?"

"No, on the contrary... we intend to cancel this transaction." Chief Two Wolf paused, "We will return everything traded to each other, the land of the Two Wolf clan, and your goods."

"Of course it's no problem to cancel the transaction." Mayor Thomas smiled and said, "Wait a moment and let me look for the contract."

He found a piece of paper with a few short paragraphs written in English, as well as a signature and a handprint.

Looking at the contract in his hand, Mayor Thomas said: "Oh, here, look at what our breach of contract clause says. If one party cancels the transaction without authorization, it must pay liquidated damages... 80,000 US dollars!"

"So, Chief of the Two Wolf Clan, as long as you pay me $80,000, this deal can be cancelled."

"What!" Chief Two Wolf didn't know much about the value of the US dollar, but he also knew that it was an astronomical figure.

Eighty thousand US dollars, even if the whole family’s scalps were sold, they wouldn’t even have that amount!

He immediately said: "This is impossible, I remember there is no such thing in the contract!"

Mayor Thomas said: "How could it not be? It's written in black and white on paper. If you don't believe it, you can take out your contract and have a look."

Chief Two Wolf's face turned red and white. He took out his contract and said, "You must have modified the contract yourself!"

Mayor Thomas did not speak, but showed a trace of barely concealed sarcasm on his face. At the same time, he secretly put his hands behind his back and made a gesture.

Chief Two Wolf took out a crumpled English contract and compared it with Mayor Thomas's contract: "Look, the two contracts are almost identical!"

"It's exactly the same. It says you have to pay me $80,000!" Mayor Thomas pushed the translation bird's nest, "Tell them which sentence it is."

Bird Nest lowered his head and pointed at the same paragraph in the two contracts: "Here is the breach of contract clause. If you want to cancel the transaction, you really need to pay Mayor Thomas $80,000..."

"You heard it, Comanches, we did not modify the contract. This is what you signed, oh, I should say pressed." Mayor Thomas smiled and tapped the fingerprints of the contract twice with his fingers.

He put away the contract again and continued: "Since you pressed the fingerprint, you must abide by the spirit of the contract. Of course there is no problem in canceling the transaction, as long as you pay liquidated damages, 80,000 US dollars... I am a benevolent person and can give it to you

How about half price, forty thousand dollars?"

The two wolf chiefs couldn't help but look at the bird's nest, and his voice trembled slightly: "You... why did you lie to me!"

Bird's Nest said nothing.

"You traitor, you betrayed the Comanches!" the Comanches cursed one after another.

After hearing this, Bird Nest's face suddenly turned red, and the veins on his neck popped out. Not to be outdone, he said: "I have nothing to do with you barbarians. I have already converted to Christ. My name is Adam now. What obligation do I have to help you?"

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Chief Two Wolf was also angry: "Even if you don't help us, you shouldn't lie to us!"

Bird's Nest: "You yourselves are illiterate, and you deserve it! A civilization as ignorant as yours should have been extinct long ago. America is the Manifest Destiny!"

In fact, at this time, Americans did not yet think much of their destiny. The term "Manifest Destiny" did not become popular in the United States until 1845, that is, the next year.

But Bird's Nest seems to be even more fanatical than the original American, and he may even be the first person to use this word.

"Okay, don't argue with them." Thomas patted Bird's Nest on the shoulder, "They are just a group of savages."

Bird Nest nodded and calmed down: "Indeed, I shouldn't pay attention to them."

"Let's get back to the deal." Thomas took a long puff of cigarette and puffed out the smoke. "So, dear Chief, what are your plans now? Should you pay forty thousand dollars, or take your

Contract to go back?"

Chief Two Wolf's breathing was a little rapid: "You tricked me into signing this contract. It doesn't count. You violated the spirit of the contract first!"

Thomas laughed: "We have always abided by the spirit of contract. This is our most important tradition, but the spirit of contract does not include mercy on ignorance."

"This deal must be revoked!" The angry Chief Two Wolf directly tore up the contract, and the scraps of paper fell to the ground.

Looking at the torn contract, Mayor Thomas looked expressionless and only said: "It's really regrettable."

"Bang!" As soon as he finished speaking, several gunshots were heard from behind the Comanches. Two Comanches were shot dead on the spot, but a group of white people came around behind them at some point.

"Bang bang bang!" Immediately afterwards, the white people in front also shot at the Comanches.

Thomas suddenly stepped forward and rushed towards the two wolf chiefs.

The two wolf chiefs were old and caught off guard. He choked him on the spot with a look of horror on his face.

"Surrender!" Thomas shouted, "unless you can't wait to donate some fresh scalps!"

The Comanches were attacked from two sides and fell into a disadvantage in an instant. The chief was also captured, so defeat was inevitable. With the translation of the bird's nest, some people had already chosen to surrender.

However, one Comanche broke out of the siege and fled into the distance on horseback.

Thomas himself took a rifle, aimed it at the fleeing guy, and pulled the trigger.

"boom!"

The Comanche screamed, but was shot in the shoulder. This made him almost fall off his horse, but in the end he gritted his teeth and persisted, disappearing from the sight of the white people.

Looking at the escaping figure, Thomas frowned and then looked at the bird's nest: "There shouldn't be many warriors in the Two Wolf Clan, right?"

"That's right." Bird Nest nodded, "They were originally a small clan. After losing these people, there are not many warriors left."

"We don't have to worry at all, mayor. In fact, I think we should have done this from the beginning. There is no need to spend money to buy land." A white man said.

Thomas said nothing.

The captured chief of the two wolves said angrily: "The Sons of the Sky will punish you!"

"What did he say?" Thomas asked casually.

Bird's Nest said: "He said the gods will punish us."

Although Indians tend to give names casually, a name like "Son of the Sky" obviously does not look like a personal name.

Therefore, as a Comanche who had long since converted to America and stayed away from Indian society, Bird's Nest subconsciously thought that this was the name of a god, and the whole sentence was nothing more than an ordinary curse.

"Haha, God will not side with the barbarians." People laughed.

"It should be said that barbarians will not side with God." Someone said.

"That's not necessarily true, my man, didn't you just stand over when you saw the bird's nest?" Thomas testified.

"That's right, hahaha!" People laughed.

Bird's Nest also laughed together, and when there was a gap in people's laughter, he quickly said: "I am Adam now, Adam, no longer called Bird's Nest."