1850 American Gold Tycoon.

Chapter 257
March 1852, Oregon Territory, Umqua Territory.

As the gunfire gradually faded away, a bloody massacre ended.

"The Umqua tribe is too poor. These skins can't be sold for a lot of money in Portland (the largest city in the Oregon region)."

grumbled a white man with a rifle as he counted the trophies.

The Indians are getting poorer and poorer now, and raids on Indian territories are not as lucrative as before.

"Your Excellency, let me say that we should exterminate the Indians in California." Burnett's partner, Bateman, took out a knife and skillfully scalped an Indian child, and then wiped the bloody scalp Tuck it into a bag.

"The luck of these two or three months is really bad. There are fewer and fewer strong Indian adult men! Damn, the scalp of an adult Indian man can be worth 85 dollars. The scalp of a child can sell for more than [-] dollars Thank goodness for the dollar!"

Beaver skins, beaver skins, deer skins, bear skins, and Indian scalps were their main trophies and their main source of income when they exterminated the Indians.

It's just that now, Indians have fewer and fewer skins, and adult Indians are becoming more and more difficult to catch.They wiped out the income of the Indians, and they also plummeted.

"It's really bad. Five years ago, an Indian scalp was sold in Portland for at least $130! Indian scalps are really worth less and less."

Sanders, Burnett's henchman, feels the same way.While lifting his trousers, he took out the ropes he had prepared, and tied up the disheveled Indian woman under her body tightly.

After confirming that the Indian woman was tied so tightly that she could not escape, Sanders turned to ask Burnett.

"Boss, is Mr. Aspinwall's fleet coming to Portland this month? These skins and scalps are not worth as much as young Indian women. As long as they can be sold to San Francisco or Sacramento whorehouses , a woman can fetch at least $500!"

"I heard that the Indians in California are very rich! They have a lot of gold in their territory! Much better than these poor tribes in Oregon. Of course, those tribes also have more young and beautiful Indian women."

There was a look of greed in Bateman's eyes.

Unlike Burnett who killed Indians for the sake of killing Indians, Bateman's family was not as rich as Burnett.Bateman killed Indians for money.

"How much can these leathers sell for?" Burnat asked, pointing to the various leathers on the ground.

Fur is the most important trade product in Oregon, and the fur of beavers living in the Columbia River is the best.

The Indians in the Oregon area can bring him less and less income, which makes Burnett feel very headache.

He himself can generate electricity for love, regardless of income, slaughtering tribes of Indians.

But his subordinates couldn't. Burnett's subordinates followed him to slaughter the Indians because it was profitable to slaughter the Indians.

Without dollars and gold, Burnett's team would soon disband on its own.

It is the dollar and gold that firmly bind these people from all over the world.

The ammunition consumed in each battle is also a considerable expense.

In short, Bernat now needs money to maintain his armed forces.

"Up to $4500."

Bateman quickly estimated the value of these hides.

"The premise is still to sell it in California. If it is sold in Portland, it will cost $2500. Those poor ghosts in Portland are not as rich as the rich guys in California."

$4500 is a lot of money for an individual, but Burnett's team has 350 people.Even if the hides were successfully shipped to California to be sold, each person would get only $13.

Sanders said: "Just now I tortured an Indian, the Kuss and the Klamaths. They hunted a lot of beavers near the Columbia River, and they are processing the skins near the river valley. The skins are in good condition and the quantity That’s a lot, at least seven to eighty thousand dollars.”

"Seven to eighty thousand dollars?" Burnett's eyes lit up, "Is this news reliable?"

If he could get this batch of leathers, at least in the last few months, he wouldn't have to worry about money.However, Burnett still has reservations about the reliability and accuracy of this news.

"Reliable! Very reliable! If you don't believe me, you can ask those Indian captives yourself. Their batch of skins was originally sent there, and finally sold to the Huaxia Chamber of Commerce."

With that said, Sanders brought a beaver hide to show Burnett.

"Look, some leathers are already branded."

Hearing what Sanders said, Burnett carefully checked the leather, and some of the leather had already been stamped with the trademarks of the American Group, Jardine Group, Tongfu Group, Boston Group and even other groups.

"Those Indian captives also said that the Pomo and Maidu tribes will accept the entrustment of the California merchants to come to Oregon to collect the hides with gold. I think this is a golden opportunity." Sanders continued to urge.

He wanted to make a fortune, instead of being like the current situation, where each person who raided the Indian territory could only get a maximum of twenty dollars.

This income is not as good as being a worker in a factory in San Francisco.

"Bring those Indian captives before me, and I will personally torture them." Burnett said in a deep voice.

Columbia River Valley, Oregon Territory at this time.

Eight or nine hundred young Indians are processing beaver skins at a camp on the edge of the river valley.

Some young Indians skillfully used hunting knives to cut open the belly of the beaver, took out a complete piece of beaver skin, and then put the beaver skin aside.

In contrast, some "Indian youths" are clumsy in handling beavers. The removed beaver skins have blood and flesh, and the fur is not complete.

The tribal elders on the side shook their heads when they saw it. It was simply a waste of these leathers.

But these young men who wear exactly the same fur clothes as the Indians and are clumsy in handling fur are not Indians.

Before entering Oregon, they were soldiers of the Garifni and the Infantry.

Just before entering the Oregon area, they took off their military uniforms and put on fur clothes prepared for them by various Indian tribes.

Therefore, in appearance, these yellow-skinned and black-eyed California infantry soldiers look no different from the young and strong Indian tribesmen.

Of course, you can still see it when you walk in, because these California infantry officers and soldiers disguised as Indians wear Dreiser firing pin guns on their backs, and bullet bags full of paper shells on their waists.

At least half of the eight or nine hundred young Indians in this camp in the Columbia Valley were officers and soldiers of the California Infantry.

(End of this chapter)