I'm the Dauphin in France

Chapter 1040 The Prince's Missionary

More than half a month later.

On a rammed earth path east of the Creek town, Father Vigne was attracted by the "Ah-Lul-Lul" sounds heard in the distance. He looked up and saw dozens of serious-looking Indian youths holding flintlock rifles, running forward in a mess for a while, and then raising their guns and aiming.

He knew that they were Indian warriors training, so he lowered his head and continued on his way. The residence of the Stone Eagle High Priest was still five or six kilometers away, which made him regret not asking Chechili for a few horses.

Father Laurier, who was standing by, frowned at the Indian cavalry and shook his head, saying, "They probably think this is a line charge?
"Father Vigne, perhaps we should tell them to fight in infantry lines.

"The way they are now, I'm afraid it will be difficult for them to resist the attack of the American militia."

"They can't beat the Americans." Father Vigne pressed the cloth bag in his hand and quickened his pace. "They have too few people. And we don't know how to train the army."

The newly formed Creek Confederacy had a population of less than 5. Even if all the young and able-bodied men were sent to fight, they could only muster an army of 3 people.

Coupled with extremely primitive training and command, they would quickly be defeated once the Americans launched large-scale retaliation.

Father Laurier was stunned for a moment, then he hurriedly chased after them and asked, "Then why are we here? To watch them get defeated?"

Vigne glanced at him sideways and said calmly, "Of course we are here to preach."

"But if their tribe will be defeated, what's the point of our mission?"

"At least we can let the light of the Lord shine through here."

Although Vigne said this, he was indeed confused about the order of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince - after the territory of the Creek Alliance was occupied by the Americans, they dispersed to Florida, Louisiana and other places to continue preaching, and even went as far as the west coast of North America.

Laurier subconsciously looked at the cloth bag he was holding and whispered, "Do you really think that can be considered the glory of the Lord?"

"Of course." Vigne forced himself to nod. "Since His Highness said that we need to be 'flexible' in order to make the barbarians in North America... ahem, I mean the lost lambs worship God, then we should do so."

Yes, from the day the Mayflower arrived in North America, Europeans began to spare no effort to spread Christianity to the Indians. But nearly two hundred years later, there are still very few Indians who have truly converted to Catholicism.

However, almost all Indian tribes learned to deal with missionaries in order to get benefits from them.

Joseph knew that the fastest and most effective way to unite the scattered Indians was through religion.

Of course, we can't just use the Catholic approach.

If you want to gain recognition from ethnic groups that already have a stable civilization of their own, you must make some "localization" improvements.

Just like the guy named Hong from the East, in order to make it easier for people to accept Christianity, he not only called himself "the second son of God", but also claimed that Jesus was dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, changed the baptism process to pouring a bowl of water on the head, and burned yellow paper to God during mass, etc.

In comparison, the changes he asked Vigne and others to make could be described as extremely pious.

At ten o'clock in the morning, Vigne and Laurier finally arrived at the home of Stone Eagle, the high priest of the Creek tribe.

After a brief greeting, Vigne got to the point: "Actually, I want to tell you something about the miracles of God..."

Shi Ying smiled and immediately continued: "On the first day, God said, 'Let there be light.' So there was light..." "On the second day, God said, 'Let there be a firmament between the waters to separate the waters.' So God made the firmament..."

He memorized it very well, even in Latin, which showed that he had been repeatedly "tortured" by Spanish missionaries.

Shi Ying pointed to the town and said, "If you want to preach, you should go to the tribesmen instead of coming to me."

Vigne also smiled kindly: "Perhaps, I can talk about something you are not familiar with."

Shi Ying put on an expression that said "whatever you want to do".

Vigne immediately said, “That was nearly two thousand years ago.

"A Virgin Mary was conceived by the Holy Spirit..."

Stone Eagle seemed impatient: "She gave birth to the child in the stable in Bethlehem, I know, and then the shepherds came."

Vigne shook his head: “No, she gave birth to a child, Jesus, in a pine forest in Cahokia.

"The sky suddenly became clear, and the buffalo and partridges around all sang songs, and the nearby corn began to ear. Then hunters and sailors from the East appeared in the pine forest, worshiped her, and announced the arrival of the tribe's savior."

"Ah?" Shi Ying was stunned. Cahokia is a town near the source of the Mississippi River. The Virgin Mary appeared in North America?
Vigne continued: “Before this, Jesus’ cousin John was baptized in the Mississippi River to symbolize the purity of heart and the ability to communicate with the ancestors.

“When Jesus came here to be baptized, buffaloes, lizards, and snowy egrets all gathered around him…

“By the time Jesus was 30, he had traveled to every tribe in Ohio, Louisiana, and Florida, urging people to repent…

"That day, Jesus came to the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, and dozens of tribes followed him to listen to his sermons. At night, the shamans were worried about everyone's food problem, so they wanted people to go to nearby tribes to find food.

"At this time, a little boy took out five corn cakes and two pieces of bison meat. Jesus distributed these things to everyone present, and as a result, more than 5 people were full..."

Vigne spent an hour and a half reciting the completed portion of The Indian Gospel.

In the revised version of the Bible, the totems of Indian tribes all originated from the animals on Noah's Ark, that is, the ancestors of all living things, which is completely consistent with the Indian custom of "totem is ancestor".

Elijah, who once summoned fire from heaven to burn sacrifices, was actually the god of fire in Indian legend.

Moses, who parted the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, was a water god.

Peter, who resurrected the female believer Dorcas, is the God of life...

In short, it is guaranteed that "The Indian Gospel" will cover all your Indian legends, and then draw the conclusion - the gods worshipped by the Indians are all under the command of Jesus. Now, you can look up again and believe the boss directly.

Shi Ying had his mouth open when he heard this, and it was not until Vinnie handed him the half-finished "Gospel" that he suddenly came to his senses.

He glanced at the manuscript in his hand, suddenly took two steps back, shook his head vigorously and said, "It's a very exciting story. But I will never allow it to spread in the tribe!"

(End of this chapter)