Chapter 19 (1/2)
The funeral of kabulu sacrifice is very grand. Silly head once saw the funeral of the last leader of longmaoniu tribe when he was a child, but it's really nothing compared with the funeral of kabulu sacrifice.
Perhaps, only the funeral of the chief of the whole tribe will be more grand than that of kabulu, but the stone bear has never seen the chief's funeral, so he can't compare it.
During the five days of kabulu's mourning, many people came from all directions. Most of these people are leaders and sacrificial rites of small tribes living near Dawu Mountain.
When the Cherokees moved south, their main foothold was not in Dawu Mountain, but in the north. It's just like the largest tribe of Cherokee now, and the location of the king's court where Cherokee chief is located, is in a flat and spacious valley about 100 kilometers north of Dawu Mountain.
About 200 years ago, one of the ancestors of kabulu left his post as the high priest of the Cherokee people, left the site of the Cherokee royal court with his people, continued southward along the valley of the Appalachian Mountains, and finally settled near Dawu Mountain.
After this large number of tribes settled down, they dispersed. In addition, in the past 200 years, gaoshu tribe has divided out several small tribes, just like longmaoniu tribe. Therefore, these small tribes living around Dawu Mountain are almost the descendants of kabulu sacrifice.
Therefore, every funeral of kabulu sacrifice, the leaders of these small tribes and the sacrifice must come to attend the funeral.
In addition to these people, the most important red city and white city of the Cherokee people also sent great figures to attend the funeral, and the Cherokee court also sent high priests to preside over the funeral.
The so-called red city and white city do not refer to the two cities. In this era, even the Cherokees, who were more civilized, could not build cities.
The correct names of red city and white city should be red city alliance and white city alliance.
When the Cherokees were driven out of the Great Lakes by the Iroquois and the delavais, they learned from their mistakes and prepared to change some of their former ways of life and war.
When the Cherokees established their foothold in Southern Appalachia, the whole tribe was divided into two alliances, namely the red city alliance and the white city alliance. Each alliance was composed of many tribes, and finally formed two supreme ruling bodies near the Cherokee court.
The red city alliance is the main war. All the tribal leaders of the red city alliance are under the command of a supreme military leader, who is responsible for external operations.
The white city alliance is in charge of peace, and all the tribal leaders of the white city alliance are also under the command of a supreme peace leader, who is responsible for all internal affairs, including providing sufficient logistics for the red city alliance and developing internal affairs.
Both the red city alliance and the white city alliance are the most important ruling bodies of the Cherokee people. The top leaders of the two alliances are appointed by the chief of the Cherokee people, and the two alliance leaders are only responsible to the chief.
According to the political division of later generations, if the chief is the president, then the leader of the red city alliance is the commander of the three armed forces, and the leader of the white city alliance is the prime minister.
The separation of military and internal affairs, and then the unified management of the chief, made the Cherokee quickly gain a firm foothold in Appalachia, and quickly became the largest Indian tribe in the area. The strong chekasa could not fight against the growing Cherokee, so they could only attack by stealth.