I'm the Dauphin in France

Chapter 1039 The Bible: Indian Gospel

North of the Port of New Orleans.

Elcano used a telescope to watch his soldiers and the Indians "acting out," then turned to his staff officer and said, "We need to send someone to double-check that there are no American militias in the buffer zone."

He had received a report yesterday afternoon that Wayne's troops had been disbanded.

At this point, the crisis in New Orleans has been basically resolved.

But Elcano's brows still did not relax.

He knew that the Louisiana colony was not truly secure.

As long as the US government continues to implement its westward expansion plan, it will sooner or later face pressure from the US militia.

He couldn't help but sigh.

There are so many Americans. It is estimated that next year the number of Americans east of the Mississippi River will exceed 30.

This allowed them to recruit large numbers of soldiers easily.

Madrid, however, was very stingy in its investment in Louisiana.

According to the current trend, in three years at most, the number of Americans infiltrating Louisiana will be several times greater than the number of Spaniards.

The empire was destined to lose this colony.

Elcano instructed his staff to pay attention to the war situation, and he returned to the tent with a worried look on his face. He took out a pen and paper and began to write a letter to His Majesty the King. The core content was to introduce the situation in Louisiana and request that more immigrants be sent here as soon as possible.

In fact, the reason why Joseph prevented Spain from sending an expeditionary force to North America was, on the one hand, that he did not want to disperse the Portuguese front's forces, and on the other hand, this was also part of his North American strategy.

He knew very well that Spain would never be able to hold Louisiana.

Even if Carlos IV tried his best to immigrate here from now on, he would still be far behind the speed of the westward expansion of the United States.

If they wanted to keep the Americans east of the Mississippi River, they had to rely on the local Indians.

Only they can compete with the Americans in numbers.

But with the ability of the Spaniards, even if they taught them step by step, it would be difficult for them to gather the strength of the Indians.

What's more, the Spaniards looked down on these barbaric natives from the bottom of their hearts and simply disdained to rely on their power.

It's like you want to teach them but they don't want to learn.

According to historical trends, Americans will be able to actually control Louisiana in a few years.

After that, the entire western part of North America was smooth sailing for them.

It wasn't until Spain's colony in California on the western coast that it encountered some obstacles.

Spain could not stop the American militia with its lack of depth in California.

The result was that the basic territory of the United States was formed in later generations, and it became an emerging empire with an excellent geographical location and abundant resources.

So Joseph had to first take over Louisiana from Spain - this place was a French colony more than twenty years ago, and there were even many French immigrants living here now.

Only by deploying according to his strategy could it be possible to block America's westward advance.

The United States, which only owns the eastern part of North America, can effectively contain Canada.

If the Indians and Mexicans were added, the North American continent would not be as deserted as it was in later times. France could also develop in Europe with peace of mind.

For the time being, Joseph had succeeded in keeping the Americans east of the Mississippi River, but he had allowed them to remain a powerful threat to Spain.

Judging from the fact that the Spanish had not paid much attention to Louisiana in history, Carlos IV should be willing to give this hot potato to France as long as France could offer a suitable price, just as they had sold it to Napoleon without any regrets.

However, Joseph was not prepared to exchange Tuscany for Louisana - this was the price Napoleon offered to Spain, although it was not actually delivered in the end.

Joseph had something else that could impress the Spanish.

In fact, at the same time that Father Vigne and others arrived in Florida, several other teams of French geologists also landed in California in western North America.

They will follow the clues provided by the Crown Prince to find the bargaining chips used to trade Louisiana.

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Southern United States.

In the town built by the Creek tribe, thousands of Indians were excitedly surrounding a mountain of spoils, while several priests were chanting obscure spells and performing sacrifices, telling the gods about this hard-earned victory.

It is no wonder that they were so excited. In the past, the Americans had been robbing them constantly, and they could only retaliate by ambushing lone American caravans.

This time they made the Americans suffer a lot.

Cheqili just had someone do a rough calculation and the value of the stolen goods should be more than 30 US dollars!
This was a huge amount of wealth that they had never dared to imagine before.

When the sacrifice was over, Chekili divided the harvest fairly among all the tribes that participated in the raid.

The cheers of Indians of all tribes resounded all around.

into the night.

In a log cabin of the Creek tribe, Vigne was discussing and recording something with several priests. The sound of Indian drums and laughter came from outside the window, interrupting their conversation from time to time.

A young priest opened the door and said to Father Vigne, “They have decided to form an alliance, including all 11 tribes in the Alabama area.

"Chekilli has become the leader of the alliance. They are now discussing how to respond to possible retaliation by the Americans."

Vigne nodded slightly: "Thank you for your hard work."

He secretly admired in his heart that everything was just as His Royal Highness had expected. After commanding the attack on New Orleans and presiding over the distribution of spoils, Chichili's prestige among the Indian tribes was at its peak.

The first step of the tribal alliance has been successfully completed.

But he immediately remembered the instructions given by the Dauphin before he left Paris.

Although these Indian tribes formed an alliance, they were very wary of each other, which was an important reason why they were never able to defeat the Americans.

This is not surprising, as these Indian tribes have different customs. For example, their totems are different. Each tribe worships different totems, and some even conflict with each other. The totem of the Creek tribe is the eagle, while the totem of the Ishigaki tribe is the whooping crane. The former has always believed that their totem can hunt the latter's.

Even the languages ​​of some tribes are slightly different.

This prevented them from truly integrating.

Without a large enough scale, we will be bullied by the Americans at will.

The main goal of missionaries like Vigne's coming to North America this time is to unite the Indians into a whole in accordance with the orders of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Vigne lit the oil lamp, glanced at the manuscript in his hand, and said to the others, "Okay, let's continue. Next, let's discuss their God of Fire. Who has an idea of ​​how to respond?"

The discussion lasted until one in the morning, when they all went their separate ways to rest.

Vigne carefully sorted the manuscripts and put them into the cloth bag he carried with him.

The first page of those manuscripts clearly read: "The Bible: The Indian Gospel."

(End of this chapter)