"These of us are indeed those who stayed behind to guard the ancestral land. We claim to be the guardian tribe." The old woman sat on a stone that had been polished smoothly and spoke slowly. Behind her and on the left and right were the people of the tribe, and Shi Xiong and the others did not mind sitting on the other rocks, listening carefully to what the old woman said.

　　 The old woman looked at Hongyun, with a kind smile on her face, "You are the Kabru high priest of the tribe today, then you should know who we are."

Hong Yun nodded without hesitation: "I know. And I know that if it wasn't the ancestor who chose to stay to protect the ancestral land, then you, or one of you, should be the Kabu today. Priest Lu is right."

　　 Shixiong swallowed and sighed inwardly, Hong Yun didn't hold it back, so he still said this. Well, it may also be that the miserable situation of these people made Hongyun unbearable.

　　 For Shi Xiong, who is now in a high position and holding power, he doesn't care about the life and death of these people. Although these people are good at caring for the ancestral land, they are nothing compared to Hongyun.

　　 Don't say that they are just the survivors of the High Priest Kabru, even if they still claim to be the High Priest Kabru, it is absolutely impossible for Stone Bear to agree.

Let alone how important the High Priest Kabru is to the stability of the entire tribe, it is just that Hongyun and his mother were the first to support him. It is impossible for Stone Bear to wear the name of High Priest Kabru. On others' heads! The High Priest of Kabul can only be served by Hongyun or a descendant of Hongyun! Anyone else who wants to serve as this high priest will not be able to pass here in Stone Bear!

　　 Ishikuma has always had this idea, otherwise he would not have said that before he came just now.

　　Whether it is for the stability of the tribe or the support of Hongyun, it is absolutely impossible for Stone Bear to let others serve as the high priest of Kabru!

　　 Although Hong Yun said this at this time, it was very wrong, but Shi Xiong couldn't stop it. After all, Hong Yun is the High Priest of Kabru, a figure who is on the same level as her in name, and she has the right to say these things.

　　 So Shi Xiong can only helplessly sigh in his heart.

　　 What Shi Xiong did not expect was that although Hong Yun said this sincerely, the old woman simply refused.

The old woman shook her head with a touch of pain on her face, but she still said very seriously and frankly: "High Priest Kabru, if your sentence was placed more than two hundred years ago, it would still be valid, but Now, we don’t have that qualification anymore. We don’t even have the qualification to call ourselves the high priest of Kabru."

　　 "Why?" Hong Yun asked very puzzled.

"No why? This is a fact." The old woman sighed and said, "At the beginning, our ancestor took the initiative to stay and care for the ancestral land. In order for the Iroquois to agree, there must not be many people left. Only about one hundred and fifty people remained at that time."

"The Iroquois moved to many tribes outside our ancestral land. These tribes watched us and guarded the tribes. Our ancestors could only move in the small area of ​​the ancestral land. Farming and hunting were very difficult. In many cases, it’s not enough to eat. Summer is okay, but winter is the hardest to endure. If it weren’t for these caves in the ancestral land, maybe we could not hold on for two years, and we would be affected by the cold winter wind. Kill."

　　 Shixiong sighed in his heart again.

　　 He knew that the old woman did not lie. If you want to survive here, you must harvest enough food in summer and autumn, including hunting enough prey, so that you can survive the cold winter.

　　 But the outside of the ancestral land was occupied by those Iroquois tribes. Large prey could not enter the ancestral land at all. How could it be possible for so many people to eat the small prey living in the forest of the ancestral land? Moreover, only one crop of food can be grown here a year, so the ancestors of these people must live in extremely hardship here.

The old woman did not notice Shi Xiong’s expression, but continued: “If the cold and food shortage make our lives very difficult, but we can persist, then another incident will almost make us desperate. Even giving up looking after the ancestral land."

"Because after our ancestors decided to stay and protect the ancestral land, our ancestors have been living in this enclosed land, with little contact with the outside world. As a result, after a few generations, they guarded the fools and disabled children in the tribe. More and more, many children even died of illness when they were young..."

　　'S words immediately made Shi Xiong's eyebrows stand upside down, and he realized what the old woman said just now that almost made them despair or even give up.

　　 They have no reproductive isolation!

　　Reproductive isolation can be said to be the most important thing in the biological world. Whether it is humans, animals or plants, if you want to continue life, you must carry out reproductive isolation. Whether it is geographical isolation or ecological isolation or other means of isolation, anyway, as long as you want the offspring to be well, reproductive isolation is a must.

　　 There may be many people who do not know the principles and methods of reproductive isolation, but everyone in later generations will understand one thing, that is, "close relatives do not get married". To put it bluntly, this is the most direct method of reproductive isolation.

　　 Marriage between close relatives, children born to have a high probability of mental retardation, disability and other unpredictable congenital diseases, and such children generally live soon.

　　 Therefore, close relatives cannot get married.

　　 In addition, if certain species are not isolated, hybridization will occur, and the only consequence of hybridization is the inability to reproduce.

　　 Such as mules, such as ligers.

　　 Maybe these Indians don’t understand the reason, but they definitely know it. However, the ancestors who guarded the tribe may have been patronizing the ancestral land, and ignored this arguably the most important thing. As a result, inbreeding will inevitably occur between them.

　　 It may not be obvious for one person or two generations, but after three or four generations, the consequences of intimacy will inevitably erupt on a large scale.

　　 There is something about fertility or blood continuity, which has always been the most important thing for mankind, and there is no one!

　　 But by the way, the ancestors of these people have forgotten about this. In other words, the Iroquois who are responsible for monitoring the guardian tribe want to completely exterminate this small guardian tribe through this method...

　　If it is the former ~lightnovelpub.net~, it is forgivable. But if it is the latter, it is simply too inhuman!

"Some of our ancestors immediately realized that something happened, but there were so many people guarding the tribe. But we can't help it, because those **** Iroquois stipulated that the guardian of the ancestral land should not exceed one hundred people. Fifty people, and there can be no strong men. Therefore, once the number of people guarding the tribe exceeds one hundred and fifty, or if there are men of adulthood, they will inevitably be taken away by those damned Iroquois. Only old people, women and children are left here."

"Under such circumstances, in order to prevent the inheritance of the guardian tribe from being cut off, in order to be able to continue to care for the ancestral land, we had to marry the Iroquois outside...In this way, more than two hundred years have passed, and in our generation, we The blood on the body is very mixed, let alone the high priest Kabru, even if it is Cherokee, we probably don’t have that qualification..."

　　 Hongyun then understood why the old woman said just now, so she was in terrible pain now.

Shi Xiong suddenly stood up and said sternly, "Who said you are not Cherokee? Who dares to say that you are not from our tribe? I, the chief of the Cherokee tribe, declare here that you, and yours. Descendants, forever and ever will be our Cherokee tribe for generations to come!"

　　 Hongyun also stood up and said: "And me, the current High Priest Kabul also announced that you and your descendants will always be members of the tribe!"

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