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Chapter 256 Indian Chiefs of the West Coast
Traveling between California's two largest cities became easy with the opening of the San Francisco-Sacramento Railroad.

Before that, the main mode of transportation between the two places was inland waterway shipping, and it only took one day to travel down the American River from Sacramento.

But it will take two to three days, or even longer, to travel upstream from San Francisco to Sacramento.

The opening of the railway changed all this, whether it is from San Francisco to Sacramento or from Sacramento to San Francisco, it only takes 7-8 hours.

Liang Yao has a good reputation among the Indian tribes on the west coast. Many Indian tribe leaders expressed their willingness to come to Sacramento after receiving Liang Yao's invitation.

After the leaders of various Indian tribes on the west coast gathered in Sacramento, Liang Yao took the train to Sacramento to meet these Indian leaders.

The place where I met the chief of the Indian tribe was Liang Yao's residence in Sacramento two years ago.

Times have changed, and the original simple brick and stone courtyard has been transformed into a luxurious villa.

"Welcome to Sacramento, everyone."

Liang Yao, dressed in military uniform, took off his big-brimmed hat to welcome the Indian chief who came to Sacramento.

Before the word "guest" came to his lips, Liang Yao took it back, but he still couldn't say it.

When it comes to the owners of this piece of land, they are the real original owners.

Liang Yao handed Hu Jinchen his DIY big-brimmed hat in his hand, signaling these Indian chiefs to sit down.

Some of these Indian chiefs wore fur clothes made of beaver skin, while others wore woolen or cotton clothes.

It can also be seen from the dress that different Indian tribes are influenced by the outside world.

For example, the leader of the Maidu tribe, the deer hunter, and the leader of the Pomo tribe, the bison, whose territory is relatively close to Sacramento, wear woolen clothes bought in Sacramento because of their frequent exchanges with Sacramento.

"The chief of California is someone we can trust. We agree that the chief of California will mediate the war between our tribes and the white tribes of Oregon." The bison said.

The white people repeatedly invaded their territory and massacred their people, which has long disturbed these Indian tribes, even the Indian tribes in California have also been affected.

Originally, the Pomo tribe of the big bison and the Klamath tribe in the northern Oregon region did not interfere with each other. Because of the massacre by Burnett and others, the Klamath tribe went south and occupied the territory that originally belonged to the Pomo tribe.

The Pomo has often clashed with the Klamath for more than a year.

At this time, the development of Indian civilization was limited, and the world view was only limited to the tribal era.

The patriarchs of the various tribes do not know what the governor, deputy governor, and speaker of the United States are, but rely on their inherent worldview and experience.

They believed that Liang Yao was the chief of the Chinese with the same skin color as them, so he honored Liang Yao as the chief of California.

Liang Yao was also happy to accept their title.

"I am Hills, the representative elected by the Salish tribe. If the dispute can be resolved peacefully, we are willing to resolve the dispute with the white tribe peacefully." Hills said.

"However, if the white tribes in the Oregon area insist on continuing the war, we Salish tribe will accompany us to the end and defend our land to the death!"

Liang Yao looked at the long-haired chief of the Salish tribe, Hills, with firm eyes and a resolute tone.

Another translation of Sears, Seattle, is more well-known to the world, and many people in later generations also know this name.

However, when more people hear this name, the first thing they think of is Seattle, a city in the northwestern part of the United States, rather than the tragedy of the Indian reservation that was forced to give up their territory and had to move with their own people to barren land. chief.

Liang Yao vaguely remembered that when he was in elementary school in his last life, there was a text called "This Land Is Sacred". This text was revised based on the "Declaration of the Chief of Seattle", but the revisions were a little bigger.

The "Seattle Chiefs Declaration" was originally a "manifesto" issued by white politicians after extensive revision and polishing. The content of the declaration against the white colonists has been greatly deleted.

The revised "Seattle Chiefs Proclamation" has changed beyond recognition, but there are still a few such things as: In the eyes of white people, every piece of land is the same, you can take advantage of it, take what you need, and take it away.To the white man, the earth is not his brother, but his enemy, which he wants to conquer one by one.segment.

What is outrageous is that in the original text of the Chinese text "This Land Is Sacred", there is not even a single sentence that accuses the atrocities committed by the white colonists.

In the manifesto, the opposition between red Indians and white Americans was completely cut out.

Especially the sentence at the end: the earth does not belong to humans, but humans belong to the earth.

This sentence made Liang Yao's scalp tingle even more. In a modern country that was also a victim of the butcher knife of white colonists, the textbook editors used untenable and illogical sentences in their own textbooks. White colonists whitewashed.

How such texts entered the Chinese teaching materials, Liang Yao has been brooding to this day.

Who would want to leave the homeland of their ancestors if they were not driven to nowhere by the white colonists?

Plains Indian tribes in the early Great Plains were forced to move to barren Indian reservations with negligible compensation.

As for the tribes in Seattle who were forced to leave their territories and move to Indian reservations in the late West Coast, the whites did not give a penny.

Liang Yao also admires the ability to transfer genocide, free [whoring] other people's land, and racial conflicts to the conflicts between human beings and nature with such elegant and refined prose.

When Liang Yao was mentally retarded, he didn't feel much when reading this text. He just felt that white people don't care about the natural environment, and Indians care more about the natural environment than white people.

Looking back on it now, it really tingles my scalp.

"I'm not here to mediate disputes between you and the white tribes of Oregon. With the greed and unreasonable hatred of the white tribes in Oregon, there is no room for a peaceful solution."

Liang Yao subconsciously touched his tingling scalp, and Bernat's harsh words that he wanted to scalp him to make boots echoed in his ears, making him feel more and more uncomfortable.

"Us?" Hills was very surprised.

"Yes, we have the same skin color, maybe we were one family thousands of years ago." Liang Yao said to Hills.

"Bernat also threatened to scalp me for boots. He is our common enemy."

"You want to participate in this war?" Hills looked at Liang Yao.

"My subordinates will fight side by side with you! Destroy these brutal white people! Just to join the war in your name, you need your clothing and information about Bernat's armed forces. Let's work together to destroy these white gangsters!" Liang Yao said loudly.

Burnett is an obstacle to his control of Oregon, which must be removed. In the future, the unfriendly white people in the Oregon area must also be eliminated.

Eliminating these unfriendly white forces in the name of the Indians can save him a lot of trouble.

At this stage, he does not have the strength to confront the federal government head-on, so he still has to take some necessary measures.

Liang Yao's willingness to make a direct move greatly delighted the leaders of these Indian tribes who were present, and they were very happy and excited about it.

"Great, if you are willing to take action, we are also confident to eliminate these white gangsters!"

Said the deer hunter, the leader of the Maidu tribe.

"If we can solve the problem of Bernat, our Pomo tribe will elect you as our chief! In the future, you can also mediate disputes between the tribes!" Big Buffalo said excitedly.

"Our Maidu tribe is also willing to recommend you as our chief!" The deer hunter echoed.

Chiefs of several other Indian tribes in and near California, such as the Yurok, Hoopa, Coos, and Klamath tribes, agreed with the proposal.

"We are willing to recommend you as our chief!"

"It's just that this wave of white people has left, and there will be white people flooding into our territory later. What should we do then?" Hills frowned, expressing his worries.

"The muskets in those white men's hands are very powerful, and they are a group of well-trained thugs. We have no advantage in fighting them."

"I will provide you with weapons. My guns are better than those white guns. Of course, I am also willing to send instructors to help you train warriors from various tribes and teach you how to use these weapons to the maximum. Let those white gangsters Long lesson."

After finishing speaking, Liang Yao changed the topic, and cast his cold eyes on the Indian chiefs.

"The premise of all this is that you are not allowed to invade my tribe. I don't want my caravan to report to me the bad news of being robbed."

Liang Yao was also willing to provide weapons to the Indian tribes in the Oregon area. The Indians and whites in Oregon were caught in the quagmire of war, and he was the biggest beneficiary.

The more heroic the Oregon Indians were on the battlefield, the fewer white settlers and explorers would choose to settle in Oregon.This is also conducive to his immigration to Oregon, which will also dye the Oregon area yellow.

The more chaotic the west coast became, the more the federal government had to rely on him and be more afraid.

At the same time, Liang Yao also had more reasons to ask Congress for military expenditures to continue expanding the military.

After all, apart from him, no one can handle the relationship with the Indian tribes on the west coast.

"We are very sorry about the caravan. The white people burned our food, took away the beaver skins, and occupied our forest farm. Last winter was cold, and we couldn't survive, so we robbed your supplies.

I promise you, just get rid of these white people, nothing like this will happen after tonight!Last winter we looted the supplies of the Chinese caravan, and we will use beaver skins to compensate them in full. "

The chiefs of the Indian tribe expressed their apologies to Liang Yao.

(End of this chapter)