Tennessee[shadowbound]
Population: 6,300
Economy: Normal
Education: Really Stupid
Army: 500/1,500
Navy:
Culture: Without
Color: Tan (North America)
Brief Description: The Tennesseans are a nation of hunter-gatherers, traveling where the game is good. Increases in technology have led to increases in population, and the beginnings of farming communities have begun to grow along the banks of the Tennessee.
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The last winter had been hard for the people of the Blood Feather's tribe. The wolves had come and carried off a suckling babe from her mother in broad daylight, and then half of the meat had spoiled. Many had starved in the cold times, and when the winter ended it was found that the herds and game had starved worse, and there would not be enough food for the next winter.
They had done what they could, until a wandering shaman told them of a tribe along the banks of the northern river who did not hunt, but instead gathered food from plants that they grew. He said they had done well last winter when he had lived with them.
They traveled north, until they reached a great river that could not be waded across. Then, as the shaman had said, they traveled west in the direction of the setting sun. Each night they stopped, as the wanderer had said, and lit many fires so all would know they were coming. Some of the braves said that they saw watchers in the forest around them, following them as they traveled. Once they saw a group of women walking on the other side of the river, but dusk soon fell and they could not continue.
Nine days after they reached the river, a young warrior who called himself Standing Bull walked into their fires soon after the sun had set. He said that they had been watched by the Five Tribes of the Tennessee before they reached the river itself, and that the braves had seen how they lacked food.
He led them further west, to a ford in the river. They no longer stopped at first dusk, and would start traveling again before first light. It was hard going, but eventually when they reached the other side they found a great camp spread out before them. Forests had been felled and stacked ontop of one another to make solid tents, and a great wooden longtent had been erected in an island on the Tennessee. There, they observed a pair of men, chiefs of two of the five tribes, fighting.
"This is madness Black Moon!"
"No! This is Tennessee!" The smaller chief said and kicked the larger man into the river. He lay on his back for a moment, before standing up again. The water was up to his ankles, and the back of his head was muddy from the water. The giant chuckled, and maybe then Black Moon saw that the other chief overtopped him by his head and shoulders, or that his arms were fashioned like tree trunks.
Black Moon decided then that, maybe, he should listen to the larger chief.
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And on the morrow, Blood Feather joined the Wise Council on the Island Hall as the sixth chief.
OOC: Orders: Trees felled, made into houses. The cleared ground where the trees once stood will be turned into farmland. A longhall will be made on the island in the center of the river. 50 Braves will be kept to scout and make sure no one troubles the tribes. Wanderers will bring word of the village to all the tribes that have not joined the *Six* Tribes at the Tennessee.