Chapter 1013 The Voyage Diary of a Knowledgeable Person, the Coastal Salish Tribes, the Beautiful Land and the Eagle Island Tribe
"Lord God bless! After departing from Whale Harbor, the route all the way north can always take advantage of the warm sea current, so the boat travels very fast. In mid-May, the fleet arrived at 51 degrees north latitude, on the north side of Long Island of the Slaus people, and established a Shenbei Fishing Port (now Port Hardy). The location of Shenbei Fishing Port was chosen by Zuvaro before, and the name of the "Baiyu" Port was also given by him. This port controls the north side of Long Island. The straits are very rich in catches, rich in salmon, cod, scallops, prawns and crabs... Haha! So many schools of fish swim around the strait, Zuvaro took the lead in throwing a net, but only caught a bunch Scallops. He shyly said it was a revelation, and named the port 'Scallops'!..."
"Praise the Lord God! I added the word 'God' to the front of Beiyu 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, and the North The mainland coast on the other side is only separated by dozens of miles of straits, and can trade with the tribes on the other side of the sea. According to the guide whale dog of the whale department, the Heiltsuk tribe (Heiltsuk) is on the other side of the sea. These tribes are similar to the Slaus people , and other tribes along the coast in the north are mainly fishing. The tribes are usually small in size, ranging from dozens to hundreds of people. The language they speak is the uncomplicated Salish (Salish), can barely communicate with the guides of the whale tribe... I will record these tribes as the coastal Salish tribes!..."
"At the location of Shenbei Fishing Port, there is a Slaus fishing village with a size of 100 people. Zuwaro has also been here last year and is familiar with the tribal leader. A powerful kingdom fleet arrives, and seven hundred kingdom warrior sailors The landing shocked this small tribe, which was only thirty or forty years old! And everything that followed was taken for granted and extremely skillful: young and old marriages, tribal annexation, collective conversion... Finally, the fleet stayed for six Ten samurai sailors, an old longship, and a batch of living supplies, to ensure that this port can be self-sufficient, and then head north again!…”
"From Shenbei Fishing Port to the north, within three or four days, the fleet arrived at a coastal fishing village of the Heerzke tribe, called 'Waglisla' (Waglisla)! In the local Salish language , the meaning of this name is 'new and beautiful land', or 'brave new world'. Therefore, this tribe of 400 to 500 people can also be called 'Meibu'...Facing the powerful and communicative The leaders of the Kingdom Fleet and the U.S. Department expressed their obvious kindness. They lit the bonfire and sang the songs of their ancestors to welcome the 'faraway friends on the big ship'!…”
"From the ancestral songs of the United States, I vaguely hear some ancient traces. They seem to have come here after a long migration from the very cold, snow-covered, and snow-capped mountains of the northern inland. Settle down here on the warm coast of 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 The coast is really beautiful! …”
The moon rose into the sky, and then gradually fell to the western sea. In the deep night, it was full of silent wind. A bonfire was lit on the top of the mountain, so that the cold that could freeze water droplets was dispelled by the warmth of flint and dead branches. The knowledgeable Mickey sat in front of the bonfire, thinking of the emerald green coasts of the Salish tribes along the coast, with a warm smile on his face.
"Praise the Lord God! The breeze blows through the green trees, and the sea breeze is full of vitality of life! The surge and ripples of the tide are intertwined, like an ancient and simple ancestor song. The gray-white beach and the gray-brown reef are constantly interlaced and divided, A complex coastline is formed. The clear water sparkles, from the emerald green shallows to the deep blue waters!…”
"A group of flowers are in full bloom on the shore, and the colorful spring is dotted with the entire seashore, just like the gorgeous feathers of the earth! The white seagulls are soaring in the air happily. The dense fish, in the green sea water And the sun shines through the clouds and falls on the vast sea, like a string of bright and sacred obsidian beads! Lord God! The brilliance of the heaven and the earth intertwine with each other to form a shining light, just like your most generous blessing! …”
Seeing the hymn written by the knowledgeable Mickey, the exploration captain Zuwaro curled his lips, muttered something in a low voice, and sighed enviously.
"Mickey, this is the northern coast after spring. If you're like me, go there for a while in winter, I guarantee you'll be so cold that you won't even have a hot fart! … Hey! If I had Why do you have such a writing style, why do you go to the sea? Directly in the priesthood of the king's capital, as a priest of scriptures, stay in the spacious and beautiful temple all day, writing scriptures and hymns, isn't it good?!..."
"Uh... Praise the Lord God! Even scripture priests must first witness the beauty of these divine revelations before they can write truly good hymns!...This is called...that'divinity falls into the eyes, falls into the bottom of the heart, and then it can come out of the mouth." overflowing'!…”
"Ha! The divinity is overflowing? Why do you say it from your mouth, and I come from other places..."
"Uh! That... Zuvaro, everyone has their own strengths. I like to eat good food, but you can eat better, and you are in good health!..."
"Can you eat it? In good health? You... Get lost!"
"Ha ha!…"
Facing the captain who has experienced countless lives and deaths together, the knowledgeable Mickey laughed, joked a few words with a smile, and rubbed the confused head of Baixiong Gaowa. Afterwards, he turned over this page of the diary and looked at the last page of May, which was about the Chinxian people.
"At the end of May, nine fleets left the U.S. Department of the Heerzsk people, along the rugged and rocky coast, and arrived at the territory of the Tsimshians. The Tsimshians are a tribe that is good at fishing. They are good at hunting and tracking. They are similar to the Heerzsk people. They migrated from the cold stone mountains in the north. Their tribes are generally not large, with about a few hundred people. Presumably they are also limited by food supply. After all, after going north from Whale Island, the coastal tribes are all fishing and hunting tribes. Most of them collect berries, pine nuts and acorns, and they lack a stable food supply. I don’t know if the potatoes brought by the fleet can be compared in the extreme north. Farming on the warm coast? I hope it can be done!…”
"At the end of May, we arrived at 54 degrees north latitude, the largest tribe of the Chinxian people, the Yingdao tribe with nearly a thousand people! The Yingdao tribe is surrounded by continuous mountains on three sides, and there is a mighty river flowing down each in the north and south. It is a wide bay. This is the place where fish schools gather, where salmon migrate in summer, and the catch is very rich. However, surrounded by mountains and under the impact of two large rivers, the freezing period of this bay is longer than that in winter. The surrounding coasts are short, and ice fishing can be done even when it’s freezing...the relatively warm environment, the excellent geographical location, and relatively sufficient food, this is why such a “large” team of thousands of people can be supported on the extreme northern coast. tribe!"
"Eagle Island is named after 'Eagle', and their totem pole is a white eagle standing on a snow-capped mountain. The kingdom also reveres the 'Condor Eagle'. There are many eagle patterns in the carvings of the long boat. The warriors There are also eagle feathers on the eagle helmets. This kind of wonderful totem origin seems to be the blessing and gift of the Lord God, so that the chiefs and nobles of the Eagle Island Department are extremely friendly!...Of course, it may also be because the fleet The force is too strong for the tribes on the northwest coast..."
"Praise the Lord God! Zuvaro has been to the Eagle Island Department before, and it is here that he got the news of going west to the island chain. And his third Chinxian wife is a young lady from the Eagle Feather Department. It is said that He has only just come of age. The standard of adulthood for the Eagle Feather Clan is fifteen years old. Girls will marry when they reach the age, and continue the tribe as soon as possible... Ha! This guy Zuvaro has always been good at eating, in good health, in very good health!..."
"Witness of the Lord God! In any case, the Eagle Island tribe expressed strong friendship. In front of the tribe's totem pole, Qin Ying, the great chief of Eagle Island, took out the ancestral snow eagle ceremony bowl, lit the rosin and eagle blood of the alliance, and Zuvaro and I made a blood alliance! He happily accepted the sun god amulet I gave him, and took the hummingbird on the amulet as the pattern of an eagle. And he gave me a strange eagle in return. Bone wood carvings, with an eagle's skull and a cedar body, carved with patterns of red ochre, inlaid with abalone and sea snail shells..."
"I was very surprised by such exquisite bone and wood carvings! And the great chief Qinying told me that this inherited ancestral utensil came from the Haida people on the big island across the sea. In order to compete for a rich fishing ground , he once drove a canoe and killed a Haida chief. And this carving is his most proud trophy!..."