1850 American Gold Baron

Chapter 101 California Indians

"I am a celebrity in California. A bandit wants to duel with a celebrity. Don't you think your request is ridiculous?"

Liang Yao looked down at this little character who almost killed him.

Brandon's appearance is very ordinary. His face is covered with a thick layer of dirt due to long periods of living in the open, and his blood-stained clothes are in tatters. He speaks in an authentic southern country accent.

In contrast, Liang Yao, who is well-dressed and speaks with a strange New York accent, can indeed be regarded as a veritable upper class person in California.

"Since you don't want to duel with me, then you can only send me to a military court for trial." Unconvinced Brandon still used words to provoke Liang Yao, "There is something I have to tell you.

In addition to being a small lieutenant under Colonel Griffin, I am also Colonel Griffin's brother-in-law."

"I've seen people who are looking for death, but this is the first time I've seen someone as anxious as you are looking for death."

Although Brandon is full of evildoers, Liang Yao still thinks that he is brave.

"Then, as the judge, jury and executioner of California, I will sentence you to death and execute it immediately."

Liang Yao took out the revolver from his waist, pressed down the hammer with his thumb, and pointed the black muzzle at Brandon.

"WTF! Hey, hey, hey, don't mess around! This is against procedure."

Before Brandon could finish his words, Liang Yao decisively pulled the trigger.

The bullet shot directly into Brandon's head from his face, and the blood and brain splattered onto Liang Yao's clothes.

Brandon is very tenacious and can still move after being shot in the head.

Liang Yao pressed the hammer again and shot Brandon who fell to the ground. After confirming that Brandon had no vital signs, he put the revolver in his hand back into the holster on his waist.

"Mr. Liang, thank you very much for killing these hateful white bandits for us. I really don't know how to thank you." The leader of the Maidu tribe, Deer Hunter, expressed his gratitude to Liang Yao.

In his words, the deer hunter was filled with hatred for white people.

The Maidu people live by fishing, hunting and gathering, and deer, mainly moose, are their important prey and source of livelihood.

Being able to obtain the name Deer Hunter also represents his high status in the clan.

The Maidu and Pomo people, like most Indian tribes in North America, practice totem worship.

But after more than half a year of trade and exchanges with them, Liang Yao felt that this description was not entirely accurate.

Whether they are the Maidu tribe or the Pomo tribe, they do not only believe in a single totem and god.

They believe that there are special mountain gods and river gods who are in charge of all living things in the mountains and rivers. The images of the mountain gods and river gods are humanized deer and fish respectively. Even natural phenomena such as wind, rain, and thunder have corresponding gods.

In manipulation.

It may be more accurate to use elf worship to explain their beliefs.

Liang Yao expressed respect and understanding for this primitive and simple worship, and did not mean to discriminate against them. Whether they are Europeans, Asians or Americans, everyone came here this way.

It's just that some civilizations develop quickly, while some civilizations develop more slowly.

"If Mr. Liang is of any use to us in the future, with just a word from Mr. Liang, we Pomo tribe members will never stand idly by." Big Bison, the leader of the Pomo tribe, shook hands with Liang Yao like an old friend.

shake hands.

Several caravan guards who had been trading with the Indians for a long time relayed the words of the two Indian leaders to Liang Yao.

"Of course, we are friends." Liang Yao said with a smile.

"We have not found the tribesmen kidnapped by these white bandits. Do you know where they are?" the deer hunter asked.

"They should be in their hiding place. After I find them, I will send them back to your tribe as soon as possible." Liang Yao promised the Indian tribe leader.

Walker had already revealed Brandon's two lairs. Through interrogation of the prisoners, Liang Yao learned that Walker had not deceived him and that their hiding spots were indeed in these two places.

One is a temporary wooden structure built deep in the mountains. This is their temporary stronghold.

One is a cave, which is their main hiding place.

Sartre and Flagg were responsible for attacking these two places.

The core of Brandon's group of gangsters has been eliminated by him, and he believes that he will receive good news from Sartre and Flag soon.

The two Indian chiefs trusted Liang Yao very much and had no objection to this.

They were different from the white people who scalped them if they disagreed, exchanged cheap industrial products, low-quality wine and opium for the furs and agricultural products they had hunted and cultivated, and deliberately sold them blankets and clothes carrying germs.

These people with the same skin color as them not only have a gentler attitude toward them, but their transactions are also fairer and more reasonable. Therefore, the Pomo and Maidu people generally trust the Chinese.

Now they no longer trade with white people, only with Chinese people.

This is also the reason why Liang Yao can easily obtain agricultural products from the Indians and monopolize the California catering industry.

The most difficult thing about opening a hotel restaurant in California is not the start-up capital, but how to obtain enough ingredients.

The two Indian chiefs also warmly invited Liang Yao to sit with their tribe, but Liang Yao had to escort these prisoners of war back to Sacramento, declining the kindness of the deer hunters and the buffalo.

The 43 prisoners were tied like animals and escorted back to Sacramento.

After the miners in Sacramento learned that the largest group of gangsters entrenched in California had been eliminated by Liang Yao, and even the gang leader Brandon was killed, the miners rushed to tell each other and were even happier than during Christmas and Spring Festival.

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Sartre and Flag also brought him good news. They successfully destroyed two of Brandon's lairs.

The gangsters who were left behind to guard the bandits' dens were all ragtag. Without Brandon himself and the backbone of the deserters, the bandits who stayed behind were not strong-willed to resist. After a little resistance, they raised the white flag and surrendered. Sutter and Flagg captured the two bandits' dens.

It didn't take much time.

Brandon imprisoned the captured Indian women in the cave as the playthings of the bandits. These Indian women naturally became the "trophies" of Sartre and Flagg.

Sartre and Flegg disagreed on how to deal with these Indian women.

Sartre believes that there is currently a shortage of manpower in the Sacramento area, especially female workers who are priceless. These Indian women will definitely be able to sell for a good price. He wants to earn a large sum of gold from them through auctions, which he can use to provide money to these Indian women.

Battle casualties.

Flagg believed that these Indian women were from the Maidu and Pomo tribes, and their territory was very close to Sacramento. If these Indians learned the news, they would harass Sacramento.

Becoming another troublesome force after Brandon's group of gangsters, Flagg didn't want to push the gourd and raise the gourd again.

Flagg advocated selling these Indian women to the neighboring Oregon Territory, or even further to the southern slave states, because it was still legal to trade there.

Indian slaves were a rarity in some eastern slave states, and Flagg believed that plantation owners would pay for them.

The two couldn't argue, so they quarreled with Liang Yao.

"California is about to join the Union as a free state, and the New York consortium in Sacramento also knows about it. Both of them have bright political futures in the future. If this little profit tarnishes their beautiful resumes, I personally feel that

It's not worth it."

Liang Yao already had a plan in mind on how to deal with these Indian women.

He promised the two leaders of the Indian tribes that they would send them back as soon as possible after finding their tribesmen who had been kidnapped by the bandits.

After whites poured into California in large numbers to dig for gold, the Indian population dropped sharply due to war diseases, massacres by whites and other reasons.

But there are at least 20,000 to 30,000 Indians near Sacramento, and the relationship with the Indians is too tense, which is not good for him or even the entire California. Liang Yao's attitude towards the Indians has always been to cooperate and appease.

"But I lost a lot of guards in the suppression of bandits this time. I need to pay pensions to them and their families. This is a large amount of money."

Sartre said with some embarrassment that the gold and loot collected from the bandit's lair were enough to make up for his losses, but he wanted to obtain more benefits.

"Six brave mounted police officers also paid their lives in this operation. As their superior, I need to be responsible for them." Flagg also said with dignity.

"Are you still worried about not making money when you follow me? Take a long-term view and don't lose the big for the small." Liang Yao said.

"New workers will arrive in San Francisco soon, and I will expand the sawmill. California needs more mounted police to maintain law and order. After statehood, I think the state government will increase its budget in this area and recruit more police."

More troopers, expanding police departments in California."

Sartre and Flagg looked at each other and nodded. They were willing to accept the results of Liang Yao's mediation.

"You have successfully convinced us, Mr. Liang, I think it is fairest for you to deal with these Indians." Flagg expressed no objection.

"I have no objection. I think this will also help us and the Indians live in peace, and Sacramento will become more peaceful." Sutter also agreed.

This chapter makes up for yesterday’s update.

(End of chapter)