Chapter One Thousand and Thirteen: The Voyage Diary of the Learned Man, Coastal Salish Tribes, Beautiful Land and Eagle Island Tribes
"God bless you! After setting off from Whale Harbor, the route all the way north can always take advantage of warm sea currents, so the ship sails very quickly. In mid-May, the fleet arrived at 51 degrees north latitude, on the north side of Slaus' Long Island, and established
Kamikai Fish Port (today's Port Hardy). The location of Kamikai Fish Port was chosen by Zuwaro before, and he also gave the name "Kaimai" Port. This port controls the northern side of Nagashima.
The strait is very rich in fisheries, rich in salmon, cod, scallops, prawns and crabs... Haha! So many schools of fish were swimming around the strait. Zuvalo was the first to throw a net, but only caught a bunch of them.
Scallop. He shyly said it was a divine revelation and named the port 'Scallop'!..."
"Praise the Lord God! I added the word 'God' to the front of Shellfish Port, which means that this year's exploration is getting closer and closer to the Lord God's enlightenment! ... This long island of the Slaus people is close to the North
The mainland coast on the other side is only separated by dozens of miles of straits, allowing trade with the tribes across the sea. According to the whale guide of the Whale Department, the Heiltsuk tribe is on the other side of the sea. These tribes are related to the Slaus people.
, as well as the coastal tribes further north, all focus on fishing. The size of the tribe is usually small, ranging from dozens to hundreds of people. And the language they speak is not complicated Salish.
(Salish), I can barely communicate with the whale guides...I will record these tribes as the coastal Salish tribes!..."
"Where the Shenbei Fish Port is located, there is a Slaus fishing village with a population of 100 people. Zuwaro also visited here last year and got acquainted with the tribal leader. A powerful Kingdom fleet arrived, and seven hundred Kingdom warriors and sailors
The landing shocked this small tribe, which was only thirty or forty years old! And everything that followed was carried out as a matter of course and extremely skillfully: marriage of young adults, annexation of tribes, collective conversion... In the end, the fleet stayed for six people
Ten samurai sailors, an old longship, and a batch of living supplies ensured that this port could be self-sufficient, and we headed north again!…”
"It only took three or four days for the fleet to travel north from Shenbei Fish Port to a coastal fishing village of the Herzk tribe, called 'Waglisla'! In the local Salish language
, the meaning of this name is 'new and beautiful land', or 'brave new world'. Therefore, this tribe of four to five hundred people can also be called 'Beauty Department'... Facing a powerful and communicable tribe
The leaders of the Kingdom’s fleet and the United States Department expressed obvious goodwill. They lit bonfires and sang the songs of their ancestors to welcome the ‘distant friends on the big ship’!…”
"From the songs of Meibe's ancestors, I vaguely heard some ancient traces. It seems that they came here after a long migration from the very cold, snow-covered, snow-capped interior of the north.
Settled down on the warm coast in the southwest! The mountains in the north are also known as the 'cold land full of rocks', the Cold Stone Mountains!... Compared with the barren and cold far north, this warm and fertile land
The coast is so beautiful!…”
The moon rises into the sky and gradually sets towards the sea in the west. The deep night is filled with the sound of silent wind. A bonfire is lit on the top of the mountain, allowing the cold that can freeze water droplets to be dispersed by the warmth of flint and dead branches. Bozhi
Zhemiki sat in front of the campfire, thinking of the green coast of the Coastal Salish tribes, and a warm smile appeared on his face.
"Praise the Lord God! The breeze blows through the green trees, and the sea breeze is full of the active breath of life! The surge and ripples of the tide intersect, like an ancient and simple ancestral song. The gray-white beach and the gray-brown reef are constantly intertwined and divided,
A complex coastline is formed. The clear water is sparkling, from the turquoise shoals to the deep blue waters!…”
"Flowers are blooming on the shore, and the colorful spring is dotted with the entire seashore, like the gorgeous feathers of the earth! White seagulls soar happily in the sky. Dense schools of fish are swimming in the slightly green water.
The sun passes through the clouds and falls on the vast sea, like a string of bright and sacred obsidian beads! Lord God! The radiance of heaven and earth interweaves with each other to create a gleaming light, just like your most generous blessing!…”
Seeing the hymn written by the knowledgeable Mickey, the exploration captain Zuvalo curled his lips, muttered something in a low voice, and sighed enviously.
"Mickey, this is the northern coast after the arrival of spring. If you are like me and go there for a while in winter, I guarantee that you will be so frozen that you can't even let out a hot fart! ... Hey! If I had
How can you get out of the world with a writing style like yours? Wouldn’t it be nice to work directly in the royal capital’s priesthood as a scripture priest, stay in a spacious and beautiful temple all day, and write scriptures and hymns?!…”
"Uh... Praise the Lord God! Even scripture priests must first witness the beautiful scenery of these divine revelations before they can write truly good hymns!... This is called... when the divinity falls into the eyes and the bottom of the heart, it can be spoken from the mouth.
Overflowing’!…”
"Ha! Divinity is overflowing? Why do you do it from your mouth and I do it from other places..."
"Uh! Um... Zuvalo, everyone has their own strengths. I like to eat well, but you are better at eating and in good health!..."
"Can you eat? Are you in good health? You...get out!"
"Ha ha!…"
Facing the captain who had experienced countless life and death together, Mickey the Knowledgeable laughed, joked a few words, and rubbed the confused head of White Bear Gaowa. Then he turned over this page of the diary and looked at May.
The last page, about the Qinxi people.
“At the end of May, the nine fleets left the American territory of the Herzsk people and arrived at the territory of the Tsimshian people along the rugged and rocky coast. The Tsimshian people are a tribe that is good at fishing and also
They are good at hunting and tracking. They are similar to the Hertsk people. They migrated from the Cold Stone Mountains in the north through fighting. Their tribes are generally not large in size, with about a few hundred people. It is assumed that they are also limited by food supply.
After all, after going north from Whale Island, the tribes along the coast are all fishing and hunting tribes. They only collect berries, pine nuts and acorns, and there is a lack of stable food supply. I don’t know whether the potatoes brought by the fleet can be compared in the extreme north.
Farming on the warm coast? I hope so!…”
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "At the end of May, we arrived at 54 degrees north latitude, the largest tribe of the Qinxian people, the Yingdao tribe with nearly a thousand people! The Yingdao tribe is surrounded by continuous mountains on three sides.
, there is a mighty river flowing down in the north and south, and a wide bay in the west. This is where fish schools gather, where salmon migrate in summer, and the catch is very rich. Surrounded by mountains to block the wind, two
Under the impact of the big river, the freezing period in this bay in winter is shorter than that of the surrounding coasts. You can also ice fish when it is frozen... Relatively warm environment, excellent geographical location, and relatively sufficient food, this is the only place on the extreme northern coast.
Go up and support such a 'large' tribe of a thousand people!"
"The Eagle Island tribe is named after 'Eagle', and their totem pole is a white eagle standing on a snow-capped mountain. The kingdom also respects the 'Condor', and there are many eagle decorations on the longship carvings. The warriors
There are also eagle feathers on their eagle helmets. This wonderful totem origin seems to be the blessing and gift of the Lord God, which makes the chiefs and nobles of the Eagle Island tribe behave extremely friendly! ...Of course, it may also be because of the fleet.
The force is too powerful for the tribes on the northwest coast..."
"Praise the Lord God! Zuvaro had been to the Eagle Island Tribe before, and it was here that he got the news of his journey to the island chain in the west. And his third Qinxi'an wife was a young noblewoman from the Eagle Feather Tribe. It is said that
She has just grown up. The adult standard of the Eagle Feather Tribe is fifteen years old. Girls will get married when they reach that age to continue the tribe as soon as possible... Ha! This guy Zuvaro has always been able to eat well and is in good health. He is in very good health!..."
"Witness the Lord God! In any case, the Yingdao tribe expressed strong friendship. In front of the tribe's totem pole, Yingdao chief Qin Ying took out the ancestral snow eagle ritual bowl, lit the alliance rosin and eagle blood, and
Zuvaro and I have a blood alliance! He happily accepted the amulet of the Sun God that I gave him, and regarded the hummingbird on the amulet as the pattern of an eagle. And the gift he gave me in return was a strange eagle.
Bone wood carvings, with eagle skulls and cedar wooden bodies, carved with red ocher patterns, and inlaid with abalone and sea snail shells..."
"I was very surprised by such exquisite bone wood carvings! And Chief Qin Ying told me that this inherited ancestral utensil came from the Haida people on the big island across the sea. They were fighting for a rich fishing ground.
, he once drove a canoe and killed a Haida chief. And this carving was his most proud trophy!…”
