Whither the Tribal War, Part II

Here I returneth aft'r meeting the two Chiefs of our neighb'ring tribes.  As expected the two recollections of the events, though agreeing on few things, couldst not be m're diff'rent.  

SKETCH: THE BEAUTY AND DANGER OF THE BOUNTY REGION

Chief Allie of the Poukai, tells a straight forward st'ry of Robbery and Desecration. Two black pearls were off'r'd by one of the Poukai to their Goddess Akna. The pearls did disappear and the Goddess reveal'd the name of the Coystrill as one of the Kaiabi.  

Chief Terrrence of the Kaiabi admits one of their memb'rs did take something from the Poukai village on Bounty, but here is where his story doth take a diff'rent direction.

SKETCH: THE KAIABI CALLING ON THE WISDOM OF THEIR ANCESTORS

The loot that gent calleth "gifts" to his recollection wast w'rthless, "apples, twigs, and oth'r smelly things," and was left there to lure the Kaiabi's men.

"Delusional" wast Chief Allie comment on this allegation, and "Two black pearls couldst hardly be called w'rthless."
 
Mine own readeth'rs, I am sure, art wis'r than to believe eith'r story and blindly take a side.  As our own History bethought us, ev'ry tale is both truthful and misguiding. 

 

SKETCH: THE POSSIBLE SCENE OF THE EVENT WHICH BROUGHT THE TRIBES TO IMPASS

Here, Nassau, art the facts. 

The High Council of the Tribes was dissolved by the Poukai and the Kaiabi banned from Bounty until apologies and refund shalt be done. 

This state of things could stall f'r years or braketh into an open war.  Shalt we gaze as Spectators 'r Intervene as actors?

This I do not know. What I do know is yond th're is more than a mere matter of thiev'ry. 

To investigate the deep'r meanings I hath sent mine own notes to an fusty cousin back in the old continent and am waiting f'r his Reply and Counsel. 

In the Universities of Europe, a new Advanced Study is developing, that of Cultures and Populations. Few have been the attempts in our own time to follow the example of the ancient Greek Herodotus, known as the Father of History. Indeed, the very word "History" means inquiry. Might we take this opp'rtunity to learn more about ourselves while examining a more primordial stage of humanity.

I am, dear Reader, your most obliged, and most humble servant,
Master Kinch Villard, Esq.