After some rest, Brother Wolf continued to clean the two men's wounds and finally bandaged them with healing medicine.
Li Du asked, "How are you? Can you walk on your own? "
The older man nodded and stood up with the help of a tree. He bowed and said, "Thank you, thank you for saving our lives. If we hadn't met you today, we would have died!"
Brother Wolf frowned and said, "The poison of the copperhead is not very strong. How did you pass out so quickly after being bitten?"
The native man said, "I don't know. Our tribe is like this. They are very sensitive to copperhead. After being bitten, the nerves are quickly numbed."
"Sensitive to vipers." Brother Wolf nodded. "Then be careful. If you meet a viper in the future, stay away."
The young man asked, "Did you see a helicopter just now? It was carrying a big box. Did you see it? "
Li Du asked sensitively, "Oh, I saw it. Why did you pay attention to the helicopter?"
The young man said, "We followed the helicopter. Is that the helicopter used by the Pittsburgh government to drop food and medicine?"
In order to help the Indians and some of the hidden villages in the mountains, the cities around the Appalachian Mountains often organized helicopters to drop some daily necessities into the mountains. This was the government's way of helping these vulnerable groups.
Hearing the young man's words, Li Du knew he had worried for nothing. He said, "That was a private helicopter. It was probably used to deliver something. There was no airdrop."
The young man looked disappointed and muttered, "Oh, well, the Pittsburgh government hasn't airdropped anything for two months. That's strange."
The Markelov brothers grinned. Li Du looked at them and asked in a low voice, "What did you do?"
Big Markelov laughed and said, "So these things were dropped by the government. We found them once. Clothes, medicine, food, and a few tools came from there."
The Indians were very friendly. After Li Du saved them, he wanted to go their separate ways. However, the two men warmly invited them to dinner.
The two Indians were Mahicans. Their tribe was once one of several large Native American tribes in the Appalachian Mountains.
Originally, the Mahicans lived on the upper Hudson River north of the Catskill Mountains. Their name in the Algonquian language they spoke meant "wolf." But the Dutch and English, who first discovered them, called them River Indians because they lived near the river.
Later, the Mahikan people's land was invaded and sold off at a low price. In the end, they left their homeland and migrated across the mountains.
By this time, the Mohican tribe had branched out into five important branches, each ruled by a hereditary leader and assisted by elected advisers.
The young Indian was called Catulom and the adult Sadisram. They belonged to a small branch of the Mohican tribe called Tavisi.
Catulom had the enthusiasm and honesty of a young man. On the way, he introduced, "If it's possible, I hope you can come to our place. My parents want to thank you for saving their favorite wolf cub."
Li Du saw that it was getting late. It would not be a bad idea to go to the tribe for a meal, so he nodded in agreement.
But he noticed that Sadisram didn't seem very happy about the invitation, and his face didn't look very good.
Catulom didn't notice this. He said happily, "That's great! Our tribe will welcome you, because we haven't had guests for a long time!"
Sadisram said seriously, "It's not that our tribe hasn't had guests for a long time, but that we don't allow them in. Most people, white and black, are bad. Only a few are good. We welcome good people as guests."
Li Du smiled. "Luckily, I'm not white or black."
Sadisram said, "That's one of the reasons my nephew invited you."
As they walked, Ah Ow and Ah Meow, who had played enough in the surrounding woods, came running back.
Ah Ow came out of the forest. The two Native Americans were shocked. "Hey, wolf!"
The two of them lived in the deep mountains and forests, so they were naturally familiar with these animals.
"Don't be afraid, this is my pet. It's very good." Li Du waved his hand, and Ah Ow ran over and put the pheasant in her mouth into his hand.
When Sadisram saw this, he suddenly knelt down before Ah Ow and muttered something in their traditional Algonquian language, but no one knew what he was saying.
Ah Ow looked puzzled. She tilted her head and looked at Sadisram, wondering what he was doing, and ran away with her tail wagging.
Li Du hurried to help Sadisram up and said, "My God, man, what are you doing?"
Sadisram said solemnly, "This is not your pet. It's a descendant of the mountains, a spirit of all beasts. Is it a holy wolf?"
Li Du laughed. "It's a good wolf, but not a holy wolf, is it?"
Sadisram said, "There are two kinds of wolves. The ones that hurt people are the hungry wolves. Our tribe will fight them when they encounter them. The ones that don't hurt people are the holy wolves. Our ancestors encountered a pack of holy wolves, and when they were exhausted, they not only didn't attack them, but also gave them food! "
Catulom nodded vigorously. "Yes, yes, you're a holy wolf!"
The Mashikan tribe was a wolf tribe, and their totem was the holy wolf.
Of course, as Sadisram said, they were not stupid, and they did not worship the harmful hungry wolves. They worshipped the holy wolves, and it didn't matter whether the holy wolves existed or not. They had faith anyway.
Ah Ow's presence excited them, and Sadisram's attitude toward Li Du changed. He insisted on inviting them to the tribe, and he became more active than his nephew.
On the way, he said, "It must have been the arrangement of the Mashikan god that we were rescued by you. He must have sent the holy wolf to us. Ah, the Mashikan god is immortal, and his light is everlasting!"
Li Du touched his chin and said, "It's possible, man. It was my pet wolf who found you. It found someone lying in the woods."
From this point of view, it was really a bit metaphysical. People who worshipped wolves were saved by wolves, and they lived because of their faith. It was not an exaggeration to say that it was a miracle.
Hearing this, the uncle and nephew were even more excited, and Sadisram was a little speechless. "Ah, is that so? Ah, it must be so! We are the people favored by the Mashikan god. Son, you are favored by the god. Sir, the good man who takes care of the holy wolf, please tell our chief and elders about this when you enter the tribe! "
After discovering Ah Ow and knowing that they had been saved by Ah Ow, the two of them suddenly became spirited. The weakness caused by the snake venom quickly disappeared, and they walked with a majestic gait. The change was so big that it was shocking.
Li Du had to admit that psychological effects really had a great impact on people. As the saying goes, the sky has three treasures: the sun, the moon, and the stars, and people have three treasures: spirit, energy, and spirit.
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