How many Indians were there on the American continent before being invaded by colonists?

There is no accurate statistics on this, because there are too many Indian tribes, and they have derived two countries at that time.

One is the Inca Empire that was destroyed by the Spanish, and the other is destroyed by the Spanish, called the Aztec Empire.

Both empires have a population of more than five million, but the territory they occupied is less than one-tenth of that of the American continent.

In other words, at that time, there were at least tens of millions of Indians on the American continent.

And at this moment, the Inca Empire and the Aztec Empire have been destroyed by the Spanish, and it seems that it will be only a matter of time before other tribes are destroyed.

Because not only Spain and Portugal have invaded the American continent at this time, but also Britain, France and the Netherlands.

Spain and Portugal have long occupied the entire South American continent and southern North America, while Britain, France and the Netherlands have begun to seize colonies from the east coast of North America that has arrived in the 30th year of Wanli.

At this moment, almost half of the entire North America was occupied by colonists, and the remaining half, most of the high-altitude areas, were not suitable for the large Indian tribes to live in.

The current situation is that almost all the Indian tribes in North America have been compressed by colonists in a semicircular arc area from the Great Lakes to the west coast of America. There are at least five million Indians in this area, and even tens of millions are possible.

And this was originally a territory of the Algonquins and Iroquois.

Let's not talk about the Iroquois for now, because their territory is concentrated in the Great Lakes and its vicinity, which basically belongs to the eastern region of North America and is too far from the west coast. The Alberna tribe has no idea what the situation is now.

They only knew that it turned out that there were countless people from other tribes pouring in their Algonquin territory, and these people were going to consume their living materials that originally belonged to them.

It is conceivable what will happen if millions of prey that are originally enough to survive in more than one million people.

Moreover, the white colonists were still eroding their territory, and they were simply unable to resist.

In other words, they are already facing a serious survival crisis, and the destruction seems to be a matter of time sooner or later.

It is precisely for this reason that Hongyun, the chief of the Alberna tribe, was so anxious to see Taichang.

The Ming people who suddenly appeared are their hope for survival!

Taichang didn't expect that the situation in America would be so beneficial to him at this moment.

He just wanted to win over and cultivate the originally weak Indians and completely change the world situation.

Now, when someone comes to him on his own initiative, he will naturally not refuse.

He even planned to give someone a big gift to win over.

Hongyun didn't know what the chief of everyone was thinking. In order to show her sincerity, she didn't even bring anyone, and rode a horse with Chen Siming and a group of translators to Xinyin Capital.

She had known for a long time that the Ming people had built a city here, and she had heard from the warriors in the clan that the Ming people built a large city.

However, when she could not see the border wall at this glance, she was still shocked.

Such a big city is probably going to catch up with the size of their territory.

When she came to the city and saw the endless camp tents like the ocean and the densely packed Ming soldiers on both sides of the road, she was even more shocked and stunned.

It is one thing to hear that there are so many warriors, but it is another to see them with your own eyes.

Everything here is beyond her imagination.

How powerful is this Ming Dynasty?

When she saw the huge palace, she was shocked again.

She really couldn't imagine how such a large palace was built.

When Taichang saw the leader of the Alberna tribe, he was slightly surprised.

He had known for a long time that the Algonquins were still matriarchal clans, and he also knew that the leader of the Alberna tribe was a woman.

However, he did not expect that such a large tribe with tens of thousands of people would be a thin old woman.

Well, this is not the point, the point is, why are people in such a hurry to see him?

How do you say this?

Hongyun is also thinking about what to say.

Because she didn't know what the chief of Daming, the everyone who came here, she didn't know whether they were willing to help them deal with the terrible white people.

The two of them looked at each other without saying a word.

Uh, what is this for?

Chen Siming was stunned for a moment, then secretly made a gesture to the back, knelt down with a group of affairs, and sang in unison: "I am here to see the emperor."

Gu

Well, this guy finally made a clever move.

Seeing this, Taichang couldn't help but nodded secretly.

Hongyun stared at Chen Siming behind her, then thought about it again, then followed her like she was, lying beside her, and asked in a low voice: "What are you doing?"

How to explain this?

Chen Siming thought for a while, then explained in a low voice: "This is a meeting ceremony for our Ming Dynasty, a special meeting ceremony, just like when you meet friends, you have to hug me like this when we meet the emperor."

Well, he has a very limited Indian vocabulary, which is a bit inappropriate.

However, Hongyun still understood.

She thought about it, then imitated Chen Siming's appearance just now, and lay on the ground and said respectfully: "Hongyun, the leader of Alberna's tribe, has met everyone's chief."

Uh, I told you that you are called Emperor, what is your inappropriate title?

Chen Siming was stunned when he heard this.

Seeing this, Taichang nodded slightly, then raised his hand and said, "Get up, Siming, why are you stunned? What did she say?"

Uh, this one.

Chen Siming got up and thought about it, and then translated truthfully: "She said that Hongyun, the leader of Alberna, met everyone's chief."

Everyone's chief?

Why do people give such a strange name?

In fact, this is also a custom of Indian tribes.

This is what they call people or name them.

For example, the headman, the wild cowboy, the headman, the little flower cow, are all the famous chiefs of the Indian tribes.

What other six killers are there, the torches raised high, the spears, etc. These are the more famous warriors in the Indian tribe.

In short, they believe that a person's name is a comprehensive description of this person.

Hongyun may think that the chief of the Ming Dynasty should be the chief of everyone, so she called it that.

As for the emperor, she didn't understand what it meant at all, so she naturally wouldn't call him.

This title is actually quite good.

Taichang thought about it carefully for a while and had already had a scheming in his heart.

Isn’t this his purpose to be the chief of everyone here?

He nodded slightly and said, "This title is very good. In the future, you will use this title when you introduce me to people from other tribes."

Is this arbitrary term good?

Chen Siming was stunned again when he heard this.

Taichang then explained: "Ask her first, what's wrong with me."

After hearing this, Hongyun thought about it carefully, but said directly: "Our Alberna tribe and all tribes on this land are facing white invasion. I want to ask everyone's chief to help us protect our homes and territory so that we can continue to survive."

OK!

When Taichang heard this, he couldn't help but feel secretly happy.

It turned out that these Indian tribes all knew that they would soon be unable to survive.

That's good, and the explanation is saved.

I'm here to help you!

In fact, in history, people from Indian tribes also knew that they would soon be unable to survive.

Question, what can they do? No one can help them, they can't beat the colonists of European countries!

They can only be slaughtered by others, and there is no way.

Of course, it's different now.

The Ming Dynasty is coming and Taichang is coming, and their destiny is about to be rewritten.
Chapter completed!