Chapter 1164: Founding a Nation

"General, the persecution of the Indians by the Sam Country is becoming increasingly deranged; they are frantically searching for the traces of Indian tribes to slaughter them."

After the fleet transporting the Indians sailed into the harbor, Zhou Yi and Qin Shan came down from the mountain to welcome another batch of Indians.

Just like in the past, the Indians heading to Hawaii this time also arrived in tribal units.

There were old and young, men and women.

At first, there was the panic of startled deer in their eyes, but upon seeing the young and able-bodied Indians training on the Drill Ground, they revealed smiles.

The bolder Indian children even rushed down from the deck.

While the Azure Dragon Army and Marine soldiers were guiding the Indians off the ships, the captain in charge of this evacuation operation revealed the current dire situation to Zhou Yi and Qin Shan.

"This group of people with guilty consciences is afraid of the final reckoning, but they will ultimately be unable to escape the Indians' revenge," Qin Shan snorted.

Looking toward Zhou Yi, he said sternly, "General Zhou, the eight thousand Indian soldiers currently training are already qualified to step onto the battlefield; it is time to send them back to fight for the Indian tribes."

Zhou Yi nodded heavily, "Then today, we shall discuss the formal establishment of the Indian Nation with Grand Chief Watusi."

War has always required a just cause.

Because the Indians themselves are not unified internally, but rather composed of many tribes.

One can only say that the Indians are the indigenous people of North America.

This makes it impossible to deal with the Sam Country in the form of an alliance between two nations.

Therefore, during this period while transferring the Indian tribes, they had discussed this issue with the chiefs.

Once the chiefs understood the necessity of nation-building, they decisively agreed to them.

Although there are also conflicts between Indian tribes on the North American continent.

But compared to internal conflicts, surviving the current slaughter by the people of the Sam Country is clearly the primary task.

After all, if things continue this way, their Indians will truly be extinct.

According to their estimates, the number of their Indians may only be one-tenth of what it once was.

All the Indians currently within the Sam Country combined do not exceed one million.

"There is no time to lose; we will go see Grand Chief Watusi now. All documents and seals needed for nation-building are prepared. Once the Indians formally establish their nation, we will issue the news of the Indian nation's establishment to the people of the Sam Country in the form of an ultimatum," Qin Shan said slowly.

Zhou Yi nodded, effectively agreeing with Qin Shan's idea.

The two left the harbor, crossed the Drill Ground, and arrived in front of a group of red-brick houses.

After the Indians arrived, they taught the Indians the technology to manufacture cement and fire red bricks, and together with skilled workers from Du, they built the Indians' residential area here.

There were even patches of farmland here, used for cultivation.

Grand Chief Watusi lived in the middle of this residential area.

Because Watusi insisted on leading the tribes to strike against the Sam Country's westward-advancing army while in the Sam Country, Watusi is the number one Indian figure with a bounty on his head from the Sam Country.

Precisely because of this, the diverse Indian tribes were able to elect Watusi as the common Grand Chief of the Hawaii Indians after discussions.

And he is also the most suitable to become the first Grand Chief of the Indian Nation, equivalent to an emperor or prime minister of a country.

"General Zhou Yi, General Qin Shan."

As soon as Zhou Yi and Qin Shan arrived, Watusi walked out of the room to welcome the two.

He was very grateful to them.

In the difficult years of resisting the people of the Sam Country, even he sometimes felt despair.

Indians riding horses and holding bows and arrows were still living in a primitive society of eating raw meat and drinking blood; facing the Sam Country people with their long guns and artillery, they were as easy to slaughter as North American bison.

Their resistance was merely a final struggle in despair, but at that time, who could know that they would eventually fail.

Their subsequent fate would be even more miserable than the black people enslaved by the people of the Sam Country.

For the black people, they were at least the property of the people of the Sam Country; although their status was low, they would not invite slaughter.

But the Sam Country people, who had usurped the nest, had to raise their butcher knives against them if they wanted to occupy this land.

It was in such a desperate atmosphere that the Du army arrived here.

They liberated the Indians of Hawaii and, through them, contacted other Indian tribes who were fleeing, allowing them to gather here.

The Du people taught them knowledge and writing, trained their young and able-bodied into qualified soldiers, and equipped them with firearms and Artillery more advanced than those of the Sam Country people.

This made them suddenly feel that a crack had finally opened in the dark sky, and the light was shining through.

"Do our young men need to be committed to battle?" Watusi guessed the purpose of the two's arrival from their solemn expressions.

In fact, all the Indians were also preparing for this day.

The Du people had already helped them a lot; they could not stay in Hawaii enjoying a comfortable life and let the Du people risk their lives for them to take back their own land.

In this war, the Du people were only auxiliary; they were the true main force.

"The situation is becoming increasingly severe; the Sam Country people are going to deal a lethal blow to the remaining Indian tribes, so we must act immediately," Zhou Yi said.

"The matter of nation-building must proceed immediately, so that our Du can easily issue a warning to the Sam Country to stop them from slaughtering the remaining Indians," Qin Shan added.

A sharp glint suddenly burst forth from Watusi's cloudy eyes; he seemed to transform from an old man into a warrior in an instant, and his body straightened significantly.

He said to the young Indian beside him, "Gather all the chiefs; I am going to announce the formal establishment of the Indian Nation."

The young Indian was clearly looking forward to this day; a near-fanatical excitement flashed across his face, and he ran off like a sharp arrow.

Immediately, his excited shouts rang out throughout the residential area, "We have our own country, we have our own country..."

His cries caused all the Indians who were working to stop what they were doing.

Looking toward Watusi's house, people gathered around one after another.

Before long, the chiefs had all arrived, and the surrounding area was also filled with Indians.

After Watusi briefly consulted with the chiefs, he and the chiefs came to the square in front of the residential area.

Before long, eight thousand Indian soldiers carrying Front-loading Rifled Musket on their backs and cloth bags filled with Bullet hanging on their bodies arrived in an orderly fashion.

There were also Artilleryman pushing Artillery to the back of the formation, adding a touch of majesty to the founding ceremony.

Facing the many Indians, Watusi's expression was agitated.

In ordinary times, he would have said everything he needed to say to his fellow countrymen of the Indian Nation.

Today, on the day of the founding of the nation, he was not prepared to say any more superfluous nonsense.

Therefore, he shouted with all his might, "Brothers and sisters, today, under the witness of Zhou Yi and General Qin Shan, our Indian Nation is officially founded!"