Chapter 14 The Fire Tribe That Lost Its Totem (Part 2)
The tough winter passed, the spring breeze blew across the land, and everything grew.
The Fire Tribe bid farewell to the Grass Tribe and continued northward, looking for a place where the tribe could take root.
This was bound to be a difficult process, as unfamiliar roads and roaming wild beasts would cause casualties among the people of the Fire Tribe.
After surviving a winter, there were only 22 adult males, 13 females, 35 children, and 47 infants left in the Fire Tribe, and the population was sharply declining.
On the road ahead, casualties were inevitable again.
Children and infants mostly died from exhaustion and shaking, while adult males died in hunting and defending the tribe. Women were given priority protection, as they were the future of the tribe.
When the Fire Tribe passed through the Water Tribe and arrived at the Earth Tribe, the words of the Earth Tribe witch made them shrink back.
"Woo woo..."
"Woo woo woo..."
The second-generation leader and the third-generation witch had another dispute, and the center of the dispute was the location of the tribe.
Neither of them planned to continue moving forward. According to the description of the Earth Tribe, there was a powerful tribe ahead, and it was aggressive. Crossing the wide river would be the territory of that powerful tribe.
The Earth Tribe was the most powerful tribe they had seen along the way, with a total population of nearly 2,000 and an adult male population of nearly 400.
Such a powerful tribe did not dare to cross the river to provoke that tribe, so the Fire Tribe would naturally not destroy itself.
But where they were stationed became the center of the dispute between the two.
The Earth Tribe allowed them to stay beside them, but they had to become their affiliated tribe and make stone spears specifically for the Earth Tribe in exchange for protection.
The third-generation witch also offered the Earth Tribe the method of making stone spears in exchange for food, but the people of the Earth Tribe were surprisingly stupid and the stone spears they made were unusable, which was why they were willing to accept the Fire Tribe.
"Woo woo woo..."
The third-generation witch roared angrily at the second-generation leader. She could not accept such conditions.
The Fire Tribe now has no totem. If it relies too much on the Earth Tribe, it is likely to be integrated into the Earth Tribe and eventually completely lose its totem culture.
If that happens, there will no longer be this Fire Tribe in the world, and the Fifth Xuan will no longer exist. Even if he wakes up, he will only be a stone.
Abandoning one's own totem is something that every witch cannot accept.
"Woo, woo, woo, woo."
The second generation leader retorted angrily. The number of adult males was decreasing, and now there were only 16 people left. If they did not accept the protection of the native tribe, they would have to live in the mountains.
If they were on the top of the mountain, they would not be able to bear the winter. If they were not on the top of the mountain, wild beasts would roam everywhere and it would be difficult to survive.
Going up the mountain, in the eyes of the second generation leader, was simply courting death.
The tribesmen were used to the disputes between the two, but this time the dispute lasted longer and was more fierce.
In the end, the victory belonged to the third generation witch as always.
The Fire Tribe rejected the Earth Tribe's offer, but was willing to exchange stone spears for food with the Earth Tribe, but this would have to wait until they had chosen a place to settle.
"Woo, woo, woo."
This is how the Earth Tribe witch commented after hearing the Fire Tribe's response. What he meant was: stupid Fire Tribe witch.
The tribesmen would try to settle in the plains, because the forests full of wild animals were too dangerous, but the Fire Tribe witch actually chose to go up the mountain without knowing the seriousness of the matter. In the eyes of the Earth Tribe witch, it was indeed stupid. The
Fire Tribe did not care about other people's opinions. They used the spring to explore the surrounding forests and chose a forest that they thought was relatively safe to settle in.
This is a forest to the east of the Earth Tribe. The forest is dense and the mountain is tall. There are many caves halfway up the mountain, which is very suitable for the tribesmen to live.
In order to prevent the fire totem from being harmed, the third generation witch deliberately placed it in the largest cave. There were people here day and night, and everyone would guard the totem.
Although the totem has not responded, the third generation witch led everyone to dance sacrificial dance every few days, without stopping.
The first thing the Fire Tribe did after settling here was to make a large number of stone spears, and then train the tribesmen to throw stone spears in the intervals between collecting food.
They really couldn't accept the reduction in personnel. Now there are only sixteen men left in the tribe, and each one has become extremely precious.
In addition to training, the third generation witch kept thinking about how to ensure the safety of the tribesmen at night.
Now it has entered summer, there are many birds and beasts, and the beasts are not short of food, so there is no need to fight to the death with the Fire Tribe people.
But when winter came, they would inevitably invade the Fire Tribe. It was okay during the day, but if they were invaded at night, the Fire Tribe, which only had 16 adult males, would find it difficult to resist.
The third-generation witch frowned every day, and was completely immersed in this problem.
The second-generation leader was busy training the men of the tribe, and he did not even let go of the older boys and stronger women. As long as they could throw stone spears, he would train them every day.
In this way, time slowly passed through the summer. When the first autumn leaf fell, the third-generation witch suddenly came up with a way to solve the problem of wild beasts attacking at night.
She commanded the tribesmen to bring soil and rocks, and piled them in front of the cave, leaving only an opening that a person could bend over to pass through.
"Woo, woo, woo."
She explained her idea to the second-generation chief, which meant to block the cave entrance with stones at night so that the wild beasts could not get in.
The second-generation chief thought about it and really couldn't think of any problem, so he shouted loudly to celebrate the outstanding achievements made by the third-generation witch for the tribe.
Autumn slowly passed and winter slowly came. Everyone suddenly discovered that the third-generation witch's method not only solved the problem of wild beasts attacking at night, but also solved the winter cold.
This discovery surprised the people of the Fire Tribe. Since the loss of the totem fire, heating has always been a big problem for them. Although it has not been completely solved now, at least they don't have to be as miserable as last year.
After surviving a winter safely, the Fire Tribe slowly adapted to life without totems. They seemed to have become the most special tribesmen in the world. They
neither fought on their own like the savages nor gathered under the totems like the tribesmen.
In this way, they lived hard in the mountains for ten years, and the entire tribe slowly adapted to life in the mountains.
They would fight with wild beasts in the mountains and forests, and even set simple traps to hunt wild beasts. They also knew how to avoid the cold and how to hide in the trees and wait for support when there were not enough people.
In the past ten years, they all grew up, and the population of the tribe was also growing continuously, with 48 adult men, 60 women, 163 children, and 98 infants.
All the adult men were very strong. They could run in the forest as if walking on flat ground, and the stone spears they threw were strong and powerful.
In the past ten years, the third-generation witch insisted on leading the people of the Fire Tribe to perform sacrificial dances in front of the totem. Even though she had never received a response in ten years, she never stopped.
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