บท 120: Chapter 121: [Alexander Doniphan]
Kansas was not yet a state at the time, had a sparse population, no local government, no governor or governor, and even no name. It could almost be said to be a nominal territory of the United States.
Of course, the troops stationed nearby are temporarily in charge of this place.
The nearest US military base to Sleeping Bear City is Fort Leavenworth, more than 500 kilometers away. To Americans, Leavenworth is already in the central region, but to Indians, it is no different from Missouri.
Thousands of miles away, the Sleeping Bear Clan has always been peaceful. After Ma Shao became the chief, he has never done anything like looting or massacre. Fort Leavenworth was naturally too lazy to run so far to deal with him, so he and Fort Leavenworth had no intersection.
Despite this, Ma Shao still paid attention to Fort Leavenworth. In fact, he would record all the news about this military base.
So of course he recognized the general, Stephen Watters Carney, Brig.
Although he was a "brigadier general", the regular American army at that time had only tens of thousands of people, and there were only a handful of generals. The highest military rank was major general. A brigadier general commanding two or three thousand people was definitely considered a front-line military leader.
"Are you from the Sleeping Bear Clan?" Ma Shao knew Kani, but Kani hardly knew him.
"No." Ma Shao shook his head slightly. "This is outdated news. I am now the chief of the Apache Plains Tribe. The city behind me is Sleeping Bear City. The term Sleeping Bear Clan no longer exists."
General Kani thought for a while and said, "Plains Tribe. I have some impression that your former chieftain was called Gokoen. Is he dead?"
He didn't understand Apache and spoke a transliteration of the name that was obviously off.
Ma Shao: "The chief guarding the tent unfortunately died of a snake bite. As the war chief, I inherited the position of the chief."
General Carney nodded slightly. "I can see that you are a qualified war chief. What should I call you?"
"Ma Shao." Ma Shao did not give himself a formal literal translation in the end. "If you are not used to the pronunciation of Apache, you can also call me 'Isaac Albert', which is an English name I gave myself."
If it were a hundred years later, anyone who dared to name himself Isaac Albert would probably attract attention wherever he went.
But now, it's still a normal name.
"Well, Chief Albert." Carney chose this more convincing name, and then looked at the cavalry behind the horse whistle, "Your soldiers look good, but I don't think you are here to fight us."
"Of course." Ma Shao said bluntly, "We don't like war, and we will never go to war with an opponent who is much stronger than us."
General Carney smiled: "A wise choice."
The sound of the horse whistle was magnetic and full of energy, and the English was standard. The officers behind Carney and some soldiers in the front could hear it clearly.
"Cook, do you believe what I said now?" Donivan looked at the officer who had laughed at him before.
Cook stroked his chin and said, "Indeed, I have never seen such an Indian before. This Albert is very unusual. At least, I think his English is more standard than yours."
"." Donifan was silent for half a second, "It turns out that not all Indians are savages."
"Well, the Righteous Attorney Alexander Donivan." Cook shrugged and pointed behind him, "But this is just an isolated case and it means nothing. Look at those guys behind me, they are also white, but what?"
He was referring to some soldiers behind him.
These soldiers looked a little peculiar. They were poorly equipped, some even in tatters, with wandering eyes. They seemed to have no will to fight. They were worse than militiamen and more like a group of prisoners.
"They just chose a different faith," Donifan said.
"Faith? Mormonism is also a faith?" Cook's tone was full of disdain. "I think you should stop saying such things. Your reputation will be ruined in the future."
Donifan obviously doesn't think so: "I think the opposite is true. In the future, I will be respected for my choice. I never regretted my defense. Mormons will gradually gain freedom, just like black people."
"You have to be careful not to let the general hear it." Cook turned his head and smiled.
Donivan: "I'm not an abolitionist."
"Is there a difference?" Cook said casually, "Believe me, not many people will think this is a big difference, and it will become less and less."
"Of course," Donivan argued. "Abolitionists are generous to others. They don't have slaves themselves, but they want slave owners to give up their slaves for nothing. I just think that abolition is the trend of the future."
Cook: "Perhaps. But one day, there will be only two kinds of people left in America: determined slave owners, and determined abolitionists."
After a pause, he continued, "People like you, who agree with abolition but are slave owners, will have to make a choice sooner or later."
Donivan said nothing.
The white people talked.
General Carney in front also continued to talk to Ma Shao: "If the Mexicans were as wise as you, I believe there would be no war. Unfortunately, the Mexicans are too stupid. They will pay the price for their aggression."
In the American narrative, the origin of the war was the Mexican invasion of the United States. Polk declared: The Mexicans have invaded our borders and shed American blood on American soil.
The reason I say this is that it was indeed the Mexicans who fired the first shot.
The Americans entered the disputed area first, then the Mexicans fired the first shot, and the Americans, in the name of self-defense, launched a full-scale invasion of Mexico. Eventually, the United States would seize half of Mexico's territory and incorporate it into the territory of "Manifest Destiny."
Ma Shao did not comment on this, but just maintained a polite smile.
General Carney was a little surprised to see his attitude, and then continued: "As far as I know, the Mexicans are the Apaches' greatest enemies."
"Traditionally, this is indeed the case," said Ma Shao.
General Carney was startled: "Traditionally?"
"We have abandoned many of our traditions, just as Sleeping Bear is no longer a clan, and we no longer consider the Mexicans our primary enemy. At least the Plains tribes do that," said Horse Whistle slowly.
General Carney asked, "Who do you consider your primary enemy now? The Pawnee, the Arapaho, or the Americans?"
"No one is our enemy, or rather, our only real enemy is ourselves," Ma Shao said. "Subjectively, we don't want to be enemies with anyone. We just want to surpass ourselves."
General Carney was silent.
After a while.
He then said, "So, your attitude towards this war is neutral?"
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