So Sioux Me - An Exercise in Patience
Playing a vanilla Grand Campaign as Dakota using the 1.07 January 24 beta, using very hard/furious settings
Gather around, children, as I tell you of the birth of our nation. Many, many moons ago, the four tribes of Minnesota, Iowa, Mesabi and Duluth agreed to unite under the wise rule of Onondaga. We were a poor people; despite the plentiful bison that roamed our land, the only good that traders were interested in was the maize grown in our villages and the wild rice harvested from the numerous small lakes of our land, and only 49 belts of wampum were in our treasury. We were an isolated people; it was many days’ walk to the lands of the Shawnee, the closest large tribe, and even further to the lands of the Iroquois, the Huron, the Lenape and the Cherokee, and many moons’ travel to the distant lands of the Aztecs, whence came the traders who bought our grain. We were a backwards people, and it seemed like forever for us to learn anything new.
Chief Onondaga decided to encourage the learning of new things (INN to +6) and use the tribe’s entire monthly income, little as it was, in improving government services. (100% investment in infrastructure) We had no standing force of braves to protect our land, but as distant as we were from any strong tribe, it was decided it would be better to raise braves when we were attacked rather than to spend our meager income on keeping a force in arms. Not everyone was happy with these decisions, but they were accepted for the most part (Stability at +1) It would be more than one turn of the seasons before all protests were silenced. (Stability reached +2 in Sep. 1419, and +3 in Sep. 1420) Our great Chief also pledged to keep the Iowa in our nation, and to conclude a marriage between his family and the chiefs of the Iroquois.
It is told that in the ninth moon of the first turn of the seasons, we learned from traveling traders that the rulers of the Aztecs and the Mayas had arranged a marriage between their families. This created a great sensation, as this was the first time we had heard of the Maya. In the second moon of the second turn of the seasons, we sent a tribal elder to the chief of the Iroquois, offering a marriage, which they accepted. One turn of the seasons later, the chief of the Hurons accepted our offer of a marriage; the tribal elder on returning reported that the Hurons had entered into a treaty with the Lenape as he was leaving. This caused some stir among our people, especially the Iowa, who built some special camps to train braves. (Establish Cantonments in Aug. 1421, +1 manpower in Iowa)
In the fourth turn of the season, as we sent another tribal elder to the Shawnee to arrange another successful marriage, rumors of war far to the south reached us - the Aztecs had declared war on another people we had never heard of before, the Zapotecs. In the fifth turn, we sent an elder to the Aztecs to arrange yet another successful marriage, and he reported on his return that several moons earlier the Maya had agreed to let the Aztec send their armies across their lands. At the end of the fifth turn of the seasons, Chief Onondaga was pleased to announce success in his goals of keeping Iowa in our nation, and in arranging a marriage with the Iroquois, and renewed his pledge to keep the Iowa in our nation.
Shortly after, we sent an elder to the Aztecs to try to exchange maps with them (unsuccessfully), and it seems that sending elders to the lands of the traders upset the more conservative members of our tribe; less than a moon after sending the elder off, it seemed like every brave in Minnesota was outside of the chief’s stockade, protesting his attention to the distant Aztecs, but it was still winter, and soon they all decided to go home. (Unhappiness among the Peasants, revolt in Minnesota, the capital and only fortified province, but only 1061 in the rebel force, which is about what the province population was. With 17% attrition, they went below 1000 in a month and dispersed.) On the return of the elder, he reported that the Aztec-Zapotec war had ended with the Zapotecs surrendering land and wampum to their opponents, and shortly afterward the chiefs of the Aztecs and Maya arranged a marriage between their peoples.
In the seventh turn of the seasons, our elder arranged for an exchange of maps with the Shawnee, so that we now knew the trails to the chiefs of the Cherokee and Lenape, and our Chief pledged to arrange a marriage with the Lenape, which we arranged during the eighth turn, and in the ninth turn we did likewise with the Cherokee. We exchanged maps with the Iroquois in the tenth turn, and at the end of ten turns Chief Onondaga was pleased to announce success in keeping Iowa in our nation, renewed the pledge to keep Iowa in our nation, and encourage further efforts to learn new things. (INN to 7)
Playing a vanilla Grand Campaign as Dakota using the 1.07 January 24 beta, using very hard/furious settings
Gather around, children, as I tell you of the birth of our nation. Many, many moons ago, the four tribes of Minnesota, Iowa, Mesabi and Duluth agreed to unite under the wise rule of Onondaga. We were a poor people; despite the plentiful bison that roamed our land, the only good that traders were interested in was the maize grown in our villages and the wild rice harvested from the numerous small lakes of our land, and only 49 belts of wampum were in our treasury. We were an isolated people; it was many days’ walk to the lands of the Shawnee, the closest large tribe, and even further to the lands of the Iroquois, the Huron, the Lenape and the Cherokee, and many moons’ travel to the distant lands of the Aztecs, whence came the traders who bought our grain. We were a backwards people, and it seemed like forever for us to learn anything new.
Chief Onondaga decided to encourage the learning of new things (INN to +6) and use the tribe’s entire monthly income, little as it was, in improving government services. (100% investment in infrastructure) We had no standing force of braves to protect our land, but as distant as we were from any strong tribe, it was decided it would be better to raise braves when we were attacked rather than to spend our meager income on keeping a force in arms. Not everyone was happy with these decisions, but they were accepted for the most part (Stability at +1) It would be more than one turn of the seasons before all protests were silenced. (Stability reached +2 in Sep. 1419, and +3 in Sep. 1420) Our great Chief also pledged to keep the Iowa in our nation, and to conclude a marriage between his family and the chiefs of the Iroquois.
It is told that in the ninth moon of the first turn of the seasons, we learned from traveling traders that the rulers of the Aztecs and the Mayas had arranged a marriage between their families. This created a great sensation, as this was the first time we had heard of the Maya. In the second moon of the second turn of the seasons, we sent a tribal elder to the chief of the Iroquois, offering a marriage, which they accepted. One turn of the seasons later, the chief of the Hurons accepted our offer of a marriage; the tribal elder on returning reported that the Hurons had entered into a treaty with the Lenape as he was leaving. This caused some stir among our people, especially the Iowa, who built some special camps to train braves. (Establish Cantonments in Aug. 1421, +1 manpower in Iowa)
In the fourth turn of the season, as we sent another tribal elder to the Shawnee to arrange another successful marriage, rumors of war far to the south reached us - the Aztecs had declared war on another people we had never heard of before, the Zapotecs. In the fifth turn, we sent an elder to the Aztecs to arrange yet another successful marriage, and he reported on his return that several moons earlier the Maya had agreed to let the Aztec send their armies across their lands. At the end of the fifth turn of the seasons, Chief Onondaga was pleased to announce success in his goals of keeping Iowa in our nation, and in arranging a marriage with the Iroquois, and renewed his pledge to keep the Iowa in our nation.
Shortly after, we sent an elder to the Aztecs to try to exchange maps with them (unsuccessfully), and it seems that sending elders to the lands of the traders upset the more conservative members of our tribe; less than a moon after sending the elder off, it seemed like every brave in Minnesota was outside of the chief’s stockade, protesting his attention to the distant Aztecs, but it was still winter, and soon they all decided to go home. (Unhappiness among the Peasants, revolt in Minnesota, the capital and only fortified province, but only 1061 in the rebel force, which is about what the province population was. With 17% attrition, they went below 1000 in a month and dispersed.) On the return of the elder, he reported that the Aztec-Zapotec war had ended with the Zapotecs surrendering land and wampum to their opponents, and shortly afterward the chiefs of the Aztecs and Maya arranged a marriage between their peoples.
In the seventh turn of the seasons, our elder arranged for an exchange of maps with the Shawnee, so that we now knew the trails to the chiefs of the Cherokee and Lenape, and our Chief pledged to arrange a marriage with the Lenape, which we arranged during the eighth turn, and in the ninth turn we did likewise with the Cherokee. We exchanged maps with the Iroquois in the tenth turn, and at the end of ten turns Chief Onondaga was pleased to announce success in keeping Iowa in our nation, renewed the pledge to keep Iowa in our nation, and encourage further efforts to learn new things. (INN to 7)