The summer sun is clear and clear, the sky is blue without any clouds, and there is no sign of rain.
The scenery of California's west coast is impressive. The spectacular coastline stretches from north to south, with towering mountains and ridges everywhere, and towering seashores along the way.
Jun's exploration fleet stayed in the river mouth valley of the Chumash people for half a month, selected the location of Sanshan Port, and built some shacks made of tree branches.
The priests smiled and gave the local tribes some shining lake gems and practical warm cloths.
The two nearest small Chumash tribes are also friendly and simple, and participated in the construction of the camp. Staying at the valley port is Kebao, the kingdom's first-level preaching priest.
in his name
"Ke" represents the forest's
"Wolf" is a commoner's surname. and
The name "Kebao" corresponds to the animals on this coast. The most abundant large carnivore on this West Coast land is the prairie coyote.
The most numerous species on the beach are harbor seals and elephant seals. For these animals lying on the shore, staring with cute eyes, and not knowing how to dodge bows and arrows, the exploration fleet is very popular.
Because they provide a large amount of valuable meat, fur to keep out the cold, and oils that can maintain weapons and leather armor.
Even their bones will be fully sun-baked, dried and brittle, then smashed and ground into bone meal to be used as bone fertilizer in the fields.
"Mickey, the Kebao Priest did a good job and became one with the Chumash people." The exploration captain Zuvalo touched his chin and looked at the Kebao Priest from a distance, leading a group of Chumash tribesmen. The remains of the seal bones were removed and baked next to the campfire.
He observed the conversation between the two parties with gestures and laughter, and listened to the shouts of the Kebao priest, his brows slightly raised.
"What is Kebao talking about?... Zacapa? Tekut? Nata'an, Nate?" After hearing this, Mickey thought for a while and took out a roll of leather paper that he always carried with him from his arms, which recorded Qiu's Some words of the Marsh people.
He looked at it carefully for a while before answering. Jun
"Zakapa, 'Brother'. Tekut, 'Fire, roast these bones with fire'... He was supposed to be saying, 'Brother, roast these bones with fire'. As for 'Nataan-Nate'..." Mikey After a pause, confusion appeared on his face.
"Sky? Grandfather? ...Grandfather Heaven?" Exploration Captain Zuvarro squinted his eyes and looked at the Sun Hummingbird, the priest of Kebao, who had a sincere face and smiled and made gestures, and then he suddenly realized.
"Oh! He is praying! So, 'Grandfather Heaven'...is the main god?...Brother, roast these bones with fire, Grandfather Heaven will bless us!" After translating this sentence, the two exploration captains looked at each other.
After a moment, exploration captain Zuvalo laughed, his face showing satisfaction.
"Very good! Priest Kebao is very flexible and good at dealing with the tribesmen! I feel relieved to leave this place to him!" Jun
"Yes, you are right! Zuvalo, we should continue heading north! According to the intelligence, the Great Gulf is not far to the north..." In early June, the exploration fleet left Sanshan Port and continued to explore north.
Fifty people were stationed in Beitorishi Village, 15 people were stationed in Ipabu, 120 people were stationed in Sanshan Port, and there were two long ships... The exploration fleet was in its early 700s, and only more than 500 people and ten ships were left. Longships, ten longships, continued north, and tall redwood trees appeared on the eastern shore.
This is one of the tallest trees in the world and can even grow to over a hundred meters tall! And when these tall trees grow on the steep cliffs of the coastline, they silently watch the longships that have never appeared, like natural guardians from ancient times.
Black eagles and white seagulls were parked on the tall redwood trees, curiously looking down at the rowing longboat.
There are no human beings on the cliffs on the shore. They are full of squeaking squirrels. Sometimes you can see beautiful white-tailed deer and occasionally scary brown bears.
Brown bears are the most powerful predators on the entire West Coast, and even on the entire North American continent.
They can grow to over two meters tall and weigh up to half a ton. Most aboriginal tribes will respect them, keep a distance, and even engrave them on the tribe's totem poles.
"O God! Such a big bear! It's enough to feed the entire fleet for a day!" Zuvalo, the exploration captain, stood on the bow of the ship, staring at a brown bear on the cliff with his eyes wide open.
He quickly estimated that the brown bear was at least four or five times his size. The brown bear looked down at the small dot on the sea, and was fascinated by the things he had never seen before.
"Long fish" shows a bit of curiosity. Its eyesight is slightly stronger than that of humans, and it is especially good at far vision and night vision.
Its sense of smell and hearing are far superior to those of humans. Soon it heard voices on the longship and smelled the familiar scent of the bipedal beast.
Just north of the redwood forest, there is the oak forest that it likes very much. But those oak trees that can bear fruit are occupied by these hordes of bipedal beasts.
And it has encountered these bipedal beasts and knows that their teeth are very long and sharp, and they are not easy to mess with.
"Ouch!..." The brown bear opened its big mouth and let out a low roar from the depths of its throat. This is his warning to the bipeds, declaring his territory.
Then, it just watched and looked at
The "long fish" left, their aura gradually dissipated, and then they turned into the forest and disappeared. Encountering a brown bear seems to be some kind of good omen from the gods.
Half a day later, there was a large continuous oak forest on the coast, a river flowing out of the deep forest, and a Salinan village built on the river.
Around the village, there is a totem pole more than ten meters high, carved from thick oak.
On the totem pole, there is a huge oak tree and a brown bear under the oak tree, marking the name of this tribe, which is the Oak Brown Bear Tribe.
The arrival of the exploration fleet made this tribal village of five to six hundred people very nervous. All the men in the tribe were holding stone spears, carrying javelins and hunting bows, and were ready to fight.
The tribe's women and children had already retreated into the deep forest to the east.
"It seems that the tribes in this area are not peaceful! They are very vigilant, react quickly, and have a strong sense of fighting... There will probably be a lot of fighting between the tribes!" Jun Exploration Captain Zuvalo stood on the bow of the ship, observing. looking at the scene in the village.
The warriors on the fleet did not go ashore, and the tribal hunters on the shore did not take the initiative to attack. The two sides faced off for a while, and then a Salinan tribal elder stepped forward.
He wore a wolfskin hat, and his upper body was a straw coat made of some kind of long grass, with vines and animal bones hanging from it.
He was wearing sea dog skin shorts, surrounded by two strings of animal teeth and colorful stone beads. Judging from his clothes, which are far more complicated than ordinary tribesmen, his status in the tribe should be very high.
When he arrived at the coast, he raised an animal bone club and loudly asked everyone on the longboat.
"Huchumu!...Heimi!...Nasasla?"
"Uh..." After hearing this, Zuvalo looked at Mickey, and Mickey shook his head helplessly, indicating that he didn't understand at all.
At this time, the translators recruited from the Ipa tribe finally played a role.
"Huchumu... is a greeting, hello, and shows friendliness. Black rice... is water, from the water. It probably refers to our fleet. And Nasasla is... it is..." The Kumeyan people translated Deer The insect grabbed hold of the hair and thought hard.
Everyone held their breath and waited patiently. At this time, if the translation is wrong and the answer is wrong, a fight will probably begin immediately.
Jun Lu Chong thought for a while, and then the elder on the shore held up the animal bone stick and shouted again. The Salinan hunters on the shore were also slightly commotion.
But it wasn't until he was yelled at by the elder that Lu Chong suddenly remembered.
"Oh! It's 'peace'! Nasasra means 'peace'!"
"Peace? Are you sure?"
"I..." Lu Chong was about to say sure, but was glared at by the two leaders, but he was a little undecided. But soon, he thought of a way.
"There's another word! There's another word we can answer!"
"Say quickly! What is it?" Jun
"Clerkum! Clerkum!"
"What means?"
"Ah... Kerekum means 'respect'!"
"you sure?"
"I'm sure!" The exploration captain jumped off the longship. He clenched his fists on his chest, tilted his head slightly, and looked at Elder Salinan who was holding the animal bone club in front of him.
Then, he stood on the wild and ancient west coast of California and shouted a greeting.
"Huchumu! Kelekum!...Respect!" Jun
