"Witnessed by the Lord God! The dead giants turned into mountains and islands, and the remaining divine blood turned into warm spring water... Is this legend of giants in the ancestral island chain the origin of the ancestors of the Unanga people? Is it the giant divinity bestowed upon them by the Lord God? Woolen cloth?…"
The sun emerged from the clouds and illuminated the icebergs in the distance. Those shining lights are always so pure and bright, as if they carry a kind of desirable divinity.
"The light of divinity, the light of the Lord God!..."
Mickey the Knowledgeable stood on tiptoes, squinted his eyes, and looked at the dazzling snow-capped mountains at noon, his face full of piety and yearning. He refused to look away for a long time, until his eyes were filled with sparkling tears, and then he slowly closed his eyes and prayed silently in his heart.
"Praise the Lord God! Praise you, that bright and majestic divine light will always guide us!..."
The tribes on the Mexican plateau, whether they are Mexica, Prepecha, or Tlaxcala, all have ancient legends about the origin of the sacred mountain, and they also worship the white mountains of ice and snow from the bottom of their hearts. In fact, this tradition of worshiping the white mountains seems to be a common feature of the plateau peoples, just like the Tibetan tribes and Himalayan tribes in the Old World.
"Blessed by the Lord God! This is the fifth large island in the Ancestral Island Chain. It is called the Mountain Giant 'Atka' by the Unanga tribe... Well, I have decided that this island will be called the Five Ancestral Islands, 'Shen Gaoshan Island' '! And this continuous snow-capped mountain range should be named the fifth sacred mountain of our ancestors, 'Shengao Mountain'... The characteristic of Shengao Mountain is that there are three peaks adjacent to each other, one of which is extremely high, which is very conspicuous during navigation..."
After a moment of prayer, the knowledgeable Mickey wiped his tears, lowered his head, named the highest snow mountain on the island, and recorded it in the logbook.
As the exploration fleet headed west on the far north coast, they encountered many white snow-capped mountains along the way. Some of these snow-capped mountains are far away from the sea, while others are very close, but they are all the most eye-catching symbols on the voyage and can even be seen hundreds of miles away!
Therefore, when encountering heavy fog or losing their way during navigation, the fleet can only stop, pray silently and wait. Until the fog dissipates, the peak of guidance appears in the distant horizon, just like the guidance of the Lord God! …
For the sake of future voyages and to facilitate other ships in the kingdom, the knowledgeable Mickey named these islands and snow-capped mountains in sequence according to the names of the local tribes and the order of discovery. The most important reference.
"The five ancestral islands are about a thousand miles away from the first ancestral island, the 'God Earth Island' (Unimak). But this thousand-mile voyage took us more than a month, and we only traveled 30 kilometers per day on average. -40 miles is extremely difficult!…”
"Witness the Lord God! Compared with the previous coastal navigation around 60 degrees north latitude, this section of the ancestral island chain's thousand-mile sea route, although it is on the warmer south side and in the warm summer and autumn, is actually more difficult! And the main problem is that Our first problem is that we cannot rely on ocean currents, and the second problem is the ever-changing wind direction... And the most important third thing is the terrible, terrible, terrible fog!..."
Writing this, Mikey the Knowledgeable looked to the east, looking at the direction of the island chain, with memories in his eyes.
"At the end of August, the only four long ships left in the fleet arrived at the beginning of this island chain... After talking with the local Unanga tribe, we learned the name of the long and narrow island connected to the mainland,' Unimak, or 'the vast land' as Unanga calls it..."
"Enlightenment from the Lord God! I'm a little unsure, is this an island or a peninsula connected to the mainland? However, as the starting point of the island chain going west, I still named it the Ancestor Island, 'God Earth Island'. Because, on this long and narrow island, I saw four white peaks! Three of them are on the east side, and one peak hangs down to the west. The four white peaks line up in a row, extending on the horizon. What a strange and spectacular sight it is. What a sexual scene!…”
"The entire Shendi Island is very long, and we don't have time to explore it carefully. But here, for the first time, we met many Unanga people! It was also the first time that we learned about the hot springs close to the mountains on the island chain. , and even heard the details of the ancestors’ island chain heading west!…”
"Praise the Lord God! Praise Your Majesty! Your Majesty's prophecy, just like many times before, is truly displayed in front of our eyes!...The whole fleet was ecstatic, lighting fire stones for heating on the seaside, and roasting sea beasts. We celebrated in the open air with the Unanga tribe by the hot spring!...Ha! It was truly a pious and bright night!"
Mikey, the knowledgeable man, raised his head slightly, remembering the celebration that night on God Earth Island, and couldn't help but smile with joy from the bottom of his heart. He smiled and glanced at the figure not far away, with a hint of embarrassment on his face that was red from the cold. He muttered a few words, but they would never be recorded in the voyage diary.
"Praise the Lord God! The women of the Unanga tribe are very tall, strong, and very white, just like the white bears in the Far North... Lord God! Gaowa is really too tall, which makes me very embarrassed. I can't help it. If you don't knock her down...she is too strong, just like a senior female warrior, it is really difficult to defeat...Maybe this is the giant divinity inherited by the Unanga people!..."
"Ahem! As a priest of the Lord God, I must have won the final victory, spread the glory of the Lord God, and gained a wife to accompany me!... After the grand celebration, Zuvalo decided to stay on God's Earth Island. We left behind a long ship and fifty samurai sailors, and established the kingdom's 'God Earth Port' right next to the hot spring camp of the Unanga tribe! And most of the small Unanga tribes also chose to join us …”
"As the exploration fleet traveled along, it had to gradually reduce the number of ships, leaving the crew behind one after another, and establishing supply ports everywhere around the coastal tribes... Because we need to keep the flint and food from the fleet westward. Concentrate it on the incoming ships to ensure food for at least three months!..."
"The remaining crew members will rely on the kingdom's large boats, fishing nets, and bronze weapons and tools to work with the local tribes... to hunt and fish, cut down trees and grass, and collect food and fuel to prepare for the long and harsh winter. Prepare!…"
Thinking of this, Mickey the Knowledgeable sighed softly. Along the way, the number of warriors and sailors from Prepecha has become less and less, not even one-third of the crew. The remaining two-thirds are sailors and hunters recruited from various northern tribes along the way.
After all, the climate and diet of the kingdom in the lake are so different from those on the far north coast! Except for the particularly strong warriors of the kingdom, it is difficult for ordinary Prepecha people to adapt, and they may even die of illness due to the acclimatization during the difficult voyage! The exploration fleet had to leave them in various port camps, in warm shacks, and peaceful settlements, so that they could survive the first and most difficult test of adaptation.
"Blessed by the Lord God! There are many coniferous forests around 'God Dadi Port'. Although the trees are not tall, they are very tough and difficult to cut down. The kingdom's bronze ax can easily collect wood and was given to the local Unanga tribe. A great shock, like the fire stones that keep us warm!…”
"The size of the Unanga tribe is very small. Most have dozens of people, a few have more than 100 people, and the most is less than 200 people. Their ethnic structure seems to be very simple. There is no hierarchy at all, and there are no particularly strong differences. Tribal concept. I feel that their most important purpose is to survive and survive in the winter!…"
"Therefore, when the kingdom showed the accurate bows and arrows for hunting, the large boats and nets for fishing, the bronze tools for logging, the black coal flints for heating, and the roaring tiger crouching bronze cannons... they did not hesitate to choose to join our team. In the settlement, together with our remaining crew members, we built a small shack in Balabala, and quickly started to believe in the Lord God!…”
"Praise the Lord God! Although their height, appearance and language are all very different from ours, Your Majesty has received divine revelation. They are indeed our original lost Jiao brothers! These differences between different tribes are probably given by the Lord God. Their divinity allows them to survive in the harsh cold of the Far North. And their joining, just as His Majesty said, can greatly speed up and help the exploration fleet to complete this divinely inspired and difficult journey. Go west and explore!…”
As he wrote this, Mickey the Knowledgeable touched his chin and glanced a few steps away, where his wife Gao Wa was sitting on a stone and knitting something. She was also the Unanga woman he first converted to.
"Gaowa, it's so cold, what are you doing?"
"Yeah? Ong?"
Hearing this, White Bear Gaowa blinked and looked at her husband, the knowledgeable Mickey, with some confusion.
The Unanga tribe speaks an Eskimo-Aleut language with a very simple structure. They have only three vowels and a dozen consonants, and often use the same monosyllabic word to express different meanings. The meaning of "Weng" here is "man, husband". By the way, they are an obviously polygamous tribe, allowing taller and stronger men to pass on more offspring, thus giving the tribe a higher chance of survival.
"I said...well...come here!..."
The knowledgeable Mickey waved, and Gao Wa stood up, strode to Mickey's side, and looked down at her husband.
As the strongest Unanga woman in the tribe, Gaowa was over 1.8 meters tall and had strong arms that could fight bear cubs with her bare hands. The knowledgeable Mickey next to her was only less than 1.6 meters tall, and his figure was obviously smaller. The two of them stood together like a white bear in the snow, accompanying a prairie dog.
"Weng Weng?"
White Bear Gaowa blinked her pure black eyes and looked at her husband, who was short and thin, but was the leader of the tribe.
According to the tradition of the Unanga people, as a symbol of the fusion of the two tribes, it has always been the union of the strongest woman with the most powerful man. Although she doesn't know what makes her husband so powerful, he must be powerful if he can command so many strong warriors! She heard someone say that her husband could defeat an adult white bear with that roaring golden weapon. And she could only defeat the underage cub with her bare hands... Hey! The gap between her and her husband is really huge! …
"Well, Gao Wa...what is that in your hand?"
"Asx! Grasscloth!"
White Bear Gaowa can understand such a simple Nahua language combined with gestures. She grinned, unfolded the grass cloth she had knitted in her hands, and gently wrapped it around the exposed neck of Knowledgeable Mickey, making her feel much warmer in an instant.
"Huh?...Gaowa...very good!..."
Mickey, the knowledgeable man, was stunned, touched the "scarf" made of grass around his neck, and blinked. The white bear Gaowa also smiled happily and blinked in response to her husband. She even wanted to reach out and lift her husband up, just like she would carry pine trees back to the tribe when she was in a good mood.
Of course, the Unanga people in the Far North did not have cotton cloth. They could only use the furs of various animals and "grass cloth" woven from long grass to keep warm. Just like the white bear Gaowa, although she is tall and strong, she is also very dexterous with her hands. She can lay traps for hunting birds and weave "grass utensils" for daily use. Mickey, the knowledgeable person, has gradually become familiar with these characteristics of the Unanga people after a month of close contact with Gaowa. And the purpose of calling Gao Wa over was...
"Gaowa, bring me my bronze box..."
"Box?…"
"Yes! God's blessing! That's the most important thing!"
"Oh! Here! What is this, Weng?..."
White Bear Gaowa nodded, and easily took out a tightly sealed bronze box with one hand from the package behind his back. The box is thick and heavy, coated with expensive natural rubber to make it waterproof.
Mickey, the knowledgeable man, took it with both hands, carefully opened the lid of the box, and then took off the thick cotton cloth for protection. Rolls of strong leather paper appeared in the polar sun, shining in front of his eyes!
"Blessed by the Lord God! This is the most precious treasure, the fleet's voyage record! I wrote it myself, the "Diary of the Divine Inspiration Voyage"!..."
(End of chapter)
