Super Chief

　　 Shixiong is pretty sure that the shaggy cattle tribe has been heading south for the past three days.

　　 The time that the sun hangs in the sky in winter is not very long, even if Tennessee belongs to the middle and low latitudes, the time during the day is at most more than ten hours.

　　 When the temperature is the highest at noon, Shi Xiong can see the half-dead sun in the sky with his barely opened eyes, and the direction of the team's advancement is toward the noon sun, which is to the south.

Except for those little guys, almost none of the people in the team is uninjured. In addition, the team has been traveling through the mountains and forests with hardly any roads for the past three days. The brother estimated that this team can be able to get the most out of one day. Travel about ten kilometers, even less than this number.

The Appalachian Frontier Museum that I went to is located in Clinton, a small city about 30 kilometers north of Knoxville. If you calculate this distance, I was caught by that **** Cady. After Rack hit, the soul traveled through time and space for more than two hundred and fifty years in place, and then took possession of the silly head who had just died.

　　 Stone Bear did not expect that the original beautiful town of Clinton, in the mid-eighteenth century, turned out to be a small tribe of the Eastern Cherokee.

　　 The camping place tonight should be not far from a river, because the stone bear can clearly hear the rushing water in the distance.

"Hey, my little bear cub, how are you recovering?" When this small team stopped moving forward again, the bonfire quickly burned, and all the people were sitting in front of the bonfire, but They don’t have the cheerful singing and dancing of the past, and all of them are silent. They are cherishing the memory of their loved ones.

　　Only the leader Gao Niu walked over tremblingly, sat down beside the sledge on which the stone bear was lying, and whispered in a hoarse voice to this stupid child who had made great contributions to the continuation of the tribe.

　　 Ishikuma opened his eyes vigorously, but there was only a gap.

"Uncle, I'm okay, where are we going?" (PS: Let’s not talk about the Indian language. There are some introductions in the dialogues in this book. Most of them are translated meanings. If Lao Mozhen I've come up with a paragraph of Indian language, I guess everyone can't understand it, right?) Shixiong asked a little convulsively.

　　 Now he is not only having difficulty opening his eyes, but also speaking. The trauma on his face is not only on his eyes, his jaw and cheeks are still red and swollen, like bread eaten by Vasichus.

Gao Niu gently stroked Shixiong's head a few times, "Child, we are going to the location of another of our patriarchs. It's almost here, after tonight, tomorrow will be almost there after a long walk. That's Li Lei's tribe. Li Lei’s grandfather and my grandfather are brothers. Our tribe was separated more than 50 years ago. His tribe is at the foot of Lanwu Mountain in front."

　　 Hearing the name Lan Wu, Shi Xiong's heart moved. Thanks to his knowledge of the history of the Indians in Tennessee, he knew very well what the place name Blue Mist meant.

　　 In the area at the junction of Tennessee and North Carolina, there is a very famous national forest park named Great Smoky Mountain National Forest Park. This national forest park is also one of the most visited forest parks in the United States. At least 10 million tourists come to this national forest park every year.

　　 This national forest park, covering an area of ​​about 200,000 hectares, is a rare original ecological forest park in the world in later generations. It is also an international biosphere reserve and a world heritage site. International recognition shows the importance of this park to this planet.

Even in later generations more than two hundred years later, because of the extremely rich vegetation, the thick fog formed by the water vapor from the forest and staying near the surface, surrounded by mountains and flooded in the gorge, so this The forest park was named "Great Smoky Mountain".

　　 Of course, the reason for this name is also directly related to its main peak, Chimney Mountain.

However, the Great Smoky Mountain is what later generations called this huge forest park, and in the name of the Indian Cherokee people more than two hundred years ago, this huge alpine woodland was called "blue mist". ".

　　 Therefore, as soon as Gao Niu talked about Blue Mist, Shi Xiong immediately understood that the team's destination should be in a certain valley in the later Great Smoky Mountain National Forest Park.

Obviously, the Lilei mentioned by Gao Niu should be the leader of a small local tribe. The status of Gao Niu in the Long-haired Niu tribe is the same as that of Gao Niu, and the two are still relatives. After the Niu tribe was hit hard, Gao Niu led the rest of the tribe to defect to his cousin Li Lei.

　　 Sure enough, early the next morning, the team had just walked not far before they came to a big river.

"This is the big bend! After the big bend, you can reach Li Lei's tribe after you cross the big bend, and you can reach Li Lei's tribe!" Gao Niu stood at the forefront of the team, pointing to the one in front of which was more than two hundred meters wide. Said Dahe.

　　 "Big Bend?" Hearing this name, Shi Xiong was also shocked. The stone bear, who is familiar with the history of North American Indians during this period, is very clear that Big Bend is the local Cherokee's name for the Tennessee River. In fact, the name of Tennessee also comes from Indian. In the Cherokee language, Tennessee means "Big Bend", referring to the twisty Tennessee River. Later, early European explorers used "Tennessee" to call this winding river, which became the name of the state.

　　 If you really came to the north bank of the Tennessee River, then this should be Knoxville for later generations.

　　It’s just that, the third largest city and the second oldest city in Tennessee, now it’s still a barren wilderness.

It’s no wonder that even Nashville, the oldest city in Tennessee and the capital of Tennessee, just became a European white settlement in 1779. As for Knoxville, it’s no surprise that it’s still a wild country. .

　　 Now North America, UU reading www. In addition to the 13 colonies established by the British in the east of uukanshu.com, the other places are his sister's wilds.

　　 After a whole night of repairing, Shixiong felt that his injury had healed a lot, so he said to the fast horse next to him: "Quick horse, help me up, I want to see here."

　　 Under the incomprehensible gaze of the surrounding clansmen, Kuaima used his thin body to try to support the man’s tall stupid head. Sitting on the sledge, the stone bear can clearly see the wide river in front of him.

The water flow of the Tennessee River in this era was much greater than that of later generations. The width of the Tennessee River in this region was only more than 150 meters wide even in the wet season. Now, even in the dry season, the water flow is more than The flood season in later generations will be even greater.

　　The rumbling river water formed countless vortices on the surface of the river, and rolled downstream in a whirlpool.

Looking up from a distance, the Great Smoky Mountains about 50 kilometers from the south bank of the Tennessee River are clearly visible. After all, the Great Smoky Mountains with an average altitude of more than 1,500 meters are not comparable to the surrounding hills, which are only two or three hundred meters above sea level. of.

Looking at the winding river in front of me, looking up at the Great Smoky Mountains with an average elevation of more than 1,500 meters in front, looking back at the Cumberland Plateau when I came here, and looking down at the typical fold mountains around, Stone Bear can already be quite sure that he is now near Knoxville in later generations.

The later Knoxville was located in the Tennessee Valley between the Cumberland Plateau and the Great Smoky Mountains. The terrain here was extremely special. The stone bear played in Knoxville for several days before crossing, so he knew very well. The local terrain.

　　 Although there is a big difference between the current landform and the landform more than 250 years later, Shi Xiong can already determine where he is.