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Kill that Indian, and save his soul.

These words come from the founder of the first Native American boarding school in the United States.

The Indians on the California side were first harmed by Spain and Mexico, and then ushered in the bloody methods of the Americans.

The scalp of a California Indian can be exchanged for $5. This policy was implemented for more than 20 years before and after the Second Opium War, and the number of Indians in California dropped by four-fifths.

Another hundred years later, under the banner of protecting women's health, the U.S. government performed sterilization operations without the knowledge of women. About 70,000 Indian women were forcibly sterilized. The implementation time of this policy has been from the Great Depression in the United States to the withdrawal of the United States from Vietnam. China is about to carry out reform and opening up.

In California in the middle of the 17th century, there were still a large number of Indians. After all, they were not overwhelmed by the colonists.

The name of the sharp spear general's baby is sea otter. When the midwife was washing him by the river, she saw a group of sea otters swimming past her eyes. When he became an adult, he single-handedly killed two wild wolves with a spear, and changed his name to "General of the Spear". This kind of heroic name can even be passed on to children and grandchildren.

Today, the sharp spear will lead people out to fish, and he will meet many strangers in the river.

These strangers were tall and pale, and wore strange clothes.

The spear will get a gift, a hat from a stranger. Then, the stranger invited them, as if they were going to do something by the sea.

Everyone was very curious, and General Sharp Spear agreed to follow.

Boat, what a big boat!

The clansmen stood on the beach, looking at the huge floating boat, they had completely lost their ability to think.

"Ship God!"

This group of Kashaya people knelt down one after another and bowed devoutly to the five big ships.

They believe in Kuksu religion, which teaches that all things have animism, and the main god of each tribe is different. The common beliefs of all ethnic groups are the ancestral land and the tribal holy land, and then the main god is established according to the actual situation, and the main god can be replaced.

Mountains have mountain gods, rivers have river gods, and boats naturally have boat gods.

General Sharp Spear also knelt down. Such a big boat must be the incarnation of the ship god. And these "white people" in front of them are mostly the messengers of the Ship God, no wonder they are so mighty and tall.

Li Quan heard that he had met an aborigine, and was planning to come to communicate in person.

Fearing that the ship would run aground, he took a small boat to the shore, and as soon as half of his foot stepped on the beach, he saw a group of natives kneeling down and worshiping.

Li Quan instantly understood two things:

First, the aborigines regard ships as gods, and this situation can be exploited.

Second, when the Spanish galleons arrived in the Americas, they must have been further south, otherwise the natives here would not have missed them.

With a smile on Li Quan's face, he ordered the herald next to him: "Raise the command flag, and fire a few shots at the sea to the south."

"Boom boom boom!"

The sound of the guns rumbled, and large splashes were splashed on the sea hundreds of meters away.

General Sharp Spear was bowing down to the ship god when he suddenly heard the roar of the ship god, as terrifying as thunder. He opened his mouth wide and looked at the water splash, then at the giant ship in the distance, and then at the envoys of the ship god around him.

"Take me to meet your chief," Li Quan said.

The sharp spear general couldn't understand at all, he turned around and said something, so a few natives got up, got into the canoe and rowed away quickly.

After about two or three hours, the fresh water supply of the fleet was nearly half full, and finally more Kashayans came to the beach.

The heads of the leading aborigines are covered with colorful feathers.

The sharp spear general hurried over, took off the hat, and pointed to the giant ship and said, "Those are the incarnations of the ship god. When the ship god roars, it will make a sound like thunder, and it will also throw boulders and splash water. These white men , is the messenger of the Ship God, they are very friendly and presented me with a hat."

Chief Warg led his people forward. His observation skills were very keen, and he knew at a glance that Li Quan was the leader. He beat his chest and saluted: "Respected envoy of the ship god, welcome to the Kashaya tribe. I am the leader of the tribe. Wargs, are you staying here for a long time, or are you going to leave after a while?"

Li Quan cupped his hands and said, "I'm...forget it, I can't understand it no matter how much I say. I..." Li Quan pointed to himself and introduced, "Li...quan."

Warg was confused for a while, but Li Quan was still repeating.

Finally, the wolf also understood, pointing to himself and said: "Wolf..."

After the self-introduction of both parties, the next thing is not right.

The warg kept pointing towards the giant ship, as if asking for information about the ship. Li Quan, on the other hand, pointed to the upper reaches of the river, intending to send people to the indigenous tribes. The two couldn't understand each other, not to mention the difficulties in communicating, they could be regarded as playing the piano against each other.

When the river empties into the sea, there is a large amount of alluvial flat land, and a sandbar has been washed out.

The people explored to determine the water level of the high tide, and then cut down the vegetation on the sandbar to set up camp. I have been floating on the sea for nearly half a year, and I am eager to go ashore to rest. The small trees I cut down can be used to replenish fuel, and the charcoal brought by the boat is almost exhausted.

The wargs also took their clansmen back and gathered to discuss how to deal with the envoy of the ship god.

There are countless gods they believe in, and every plant and tree may be a god, so they will not easily enshrine the envoy of the ship god as a father. At most, it is just a distinguished guest.

When the aborigines went back, Li Quan sent two small boats to keep up.

The warg didn't object either, since it was a distinguished guest, it was right to entertain him.

The person who led the team to visit the indigenous tribe was named Ye Qun, and he was a naval mission officer who retired early. He walked six or seven miles along the river, and saw a large number of houses.

Most of the houses are wooden structures, but there are also some rammed earth houses.

There is even a huge public house used to gather clan members for meetings, similar to a clan hall.

There is still a small amount of cultivated land near the residential area. It seems that they still don't know how to plow the land. They burn a large area for slash-and-burn cultivation, sow the seeds and wait for harvest.

However, the weaving technology is very advanced and can weave exquisite baskets out of reeds. Ye Wei saw a group of indigenous people coming back carrying a whole basket of fresh fish.

These indigenous people can also make pottery and use pottery to draw water and cook rice.

The warg jabbered and took Ye Wei to a rammed earth house. The tribal elders then took off their clothes and sat there waiting to heat the rocks and then pour water over them.

Sizzle...a burst of white smoke rises.

Good guy, these natives can also take saunas, and looking at the size and decoration of this earthen house, it seems that taking saunas is a very important activity.

That night, everyone ate, drank and danced around the bonfire, and the wizard presided over the entire celebration.

Ye Wei and others were invited into the public housing and stayed there for one night.

I continued to observe the situation the next day and found that this place was already privately owned by families. Men formed groups to hunt and fish, dividing the harvest according to the group's contribution. Women also go in groups to gather food in the woods, and whoever gathers it belongs to them. The old people stayed in the settlements, weaving baskets, firing pottery, etc.

If the harvest is substantial, some will be handed over to the public, which is equivalent to collecting taxes.

How much tax each family paid was recorded with a rope and then stored in a public warehouse.

Of course, you can also pay taxes, and the currency is beads made of ores and shells, which can be strung together with ropes. Similar to currency, it is universal within hundreds of miles and can be used to purchase goods across tribes.

"It seems that the indigenous people here often fight." After observing around, Zhu Guisheng quietly said to Ye Wei.

Ye Wei nodded: "I can tell."

They saw the shield, which was made of wood and covered with leather. This thing could only be used against enemies, not wild beasts.

The main weapons of war are bows and arrows, and they are compound bows with arrowheads made of polished animal bones.

The natives should be in the era of tribal alliances, where multiple tribes form an alliance and then jointly deal with another alliance.

The entire social structure is as follows: blood families form clans, close clans form tribes, and multiple tribes form tribal alliances. According to the strength of the alliance, the leader of the alliance is elected, and the alliance meets to deal with internal affairs. When a tribe is attacked, the entire alliance mobilizes to fight.

Since agriculture was underdeveloped, slavery had not yet been born, and capturing slaves was useless.

Two days later, Chief Warg visited Li Quan again, bringing with him a lot of shell beads and currency, and seemed to want to buy Chinese clothes.

He first pulled his animal skin clothes, then pointed at Li Quan, and then kept shaking the beads and coins.

Seeing that Li Quan still didn't understand, he asked a tribesman to take off his clothes and continued to point at Li Quan. Then, put the animal skin clothes on the ground, and then put the beads and coins on the ground. Immediately, the positions of the leather jacket and the coins were changed to illustrate the exchange process.

Li Quan finally understood, but he picked up the beads and threw them back to the ground, shaking his head to show that he didn't need them.

The warg also understood and looked a little disappointed.

Li Quan called his adjutant over and gave him instructions, and quickly brought out several pieces of cotton cloth, an axe, and a hoe. He placed these things on the ground, and placed them where the animal skins were. Then, point to the place where the beads and coins are placed, push all the beads and coins away, and point to the alluvial flat at the mouth of the sea.

A few pieces of cotton cloth, an iron axe, and a hoe were exchanged for a large piece of land at the mouth of the river.

The warg instantly understood what it meant, shook his head repeatedly, and pointed to the area to the north. They were unwilling to exchange the areas along the river, but the forests in the north could be sold. This was probably the reason why the Russians in history did not establish strongholds along the river and had to go north to build Fort Ross.

It's very simple. The local indigenous people don't sell this place, they only sell the forest in the north.

Li Quan increased the number of cotton cloths to eight pieces, four iron axes, two hoes, and a waist knife.

In front of the Chief Warg Wolf, he used an ax to chop down trees, a hoe to dig into the ground, and a belt knife to chop thorns.

The warg's eyes immediately turned straight. He had never encountered iron products before, and the power of iron products completely attracted him.

Li Quan then reduced the transaction area to only a forest and flat land at the mouth of the sea. Then he pointed to the forest in the north. He also wanted that uninhabited forest.

The warg called the elders together to discuss, and everyone picked up the iron tools and tried to use them. Finally, they came back to find Li Quan and agreed to this outrageous deal.

Li Quan threw 30 felons and their Southeast Asian slave wives into this area for farming and reclamation.

Of course, they left axes, hoes, seeds, fishing nets, food and clothing, and even a small boat for them.

The land here is very fertile and will provide food and vegetables as immigration and development continue in the future.

As for the relationship with the indigenous people, just adapt to the circumstances. If you are obedient, you will develop peacefully. If you are not obedient, you will send troops to attack. Anyway, in the early stages of development, we will not choose to go to war. In the future, as the population increases, conflicts will definitely intensify, and war is very likely to break out.

Li Quan led the fleet to continue sailing south, but he soon regretted it.

Instead of dumping the felon at the mouth of the previous river, he discovered a natural harbor in the south - San Francisco.

I'm too lazy to go back and pick people up, so I'll just make the mistake.

After everyone discussed it, the place they bought was called "Xindeng" and the river there was called "Xindeng River" (Russian River).

Why is it called such a bad name?

Because the fleet departed from Dengzhou Prefecture, Shandong.