The Chief

Sadisram did not let the situation become worse. When Hakatulama came up to push away Li Du and his men, he and his nephew stood in the way and insisted, "This is the tribe's guest of honor!"

Hakatulama said stiffly, "You know the tribe's rules. The tribe doesn't accept white and black guests!"

"But Mr. Li is yellow, not white or black," replied Sadisram forcefully.

While there were many different phenotypes among Native American nations, they all had a distinctive appearance, very different from that of the European Caucasoid invaders who eventually conquered their lands.

Although there was naturally much assimilation over the centuries, with the Native American gene pool blending with the European one, most tribes were still fiercely proud of their identity.

The Mohicans were a traditional tribe that maintained its purity of descent, and most of the villagers looked as though they didn't have a single drop of European blood in their veins.