Alguto Tribe

"The Gods Will Bless Us"

## Introduction

The Alguto Tribe was a mix of Native Americans and Africans who lived within the swamps of Lemoyne in the State of Odessa. The Tribe use to be over one hundred strong but now only one member is said to be only person alive from the Alguto Tribe.

## History

The Alguto Tribe was first founded during the early 1600's when African Slaves were getting shipped over to America for cheap labor to work on plantations. When some Africans were transported to the Odessa, more specifically the county of Lemoyne, they were tasked to work on the plantations and farmlands scattered around the county but before long some of these slaves rebelled against those who imprisoned them and majority fled into the swamps where they came across Native Americans who mostly tribeless. One of the Africans who was simply called Gator Soul saw to keep his fellow countrymen alive and well but also the Native Americans they came across. Together the two parties moved towards part of the swamp known as Lakay where they started to build up small tents and campfires to keep themselves warm while staying close to the waters edge to catch fish and turtles for food. After one year within the swamp, the mix band of Africans and Native Americans decided to make Gator Soul their Chief or "King" as he preferred that.

Years would go by as the still nameless tribe made Lakay more their home with the men hunting boars and panthers for food and clothing while the women fished but also looked over the children, helping them learn the ways of the swamp. One day Gator Soul who was nearing his death would walk over to the waters edge to wash when an Alligator almost twice the size of the man lunged out but did not attack him as it just growled and hissed at him. When some of the people were ready to spear and stab the animal, Soul just raised his hand to tell them to halt as he slowly reached over to the Alligator and placed his hand on the creatures nose to which the Alligator just closed it's mouth slowly and became somewhat more friendly towards him. The other tribesman were shocked and confused why this large creatures went from almost killing and eating their leader to all friendly towards him. With this Gator Soul knew what to call his tribe. "Alguto" which he says means "Protectors Of The Swamp" Sadly after one year naming his tribe, Gator Soul would pass away due to his age but all was not lost. He did find himself a wife who gave birth to a son who would continue on his fathers legacy.

During the late 1600's however, the small council of the tribe found themselves in a problem. While the tribe were still in a strong morale, the council were worried that conflict would soon happen due to having two religious ways in one tribe from Africans and the Native Americans. With this the council alongside the Chieftain decided to ditch both religions in way for a complete new one. At first many tribesman were angry with the decision but over time the anger turned into joy and happiness as the somewhat tension was completely erased due to having two religious beliefs butting heads. The council would tell tribesman that all of them were bought together by the "Gods"

## Alguto Religion

The religion of the tribe more commonly known as "Algutoan Religion" was created by the Council during the late 1600's where all the six members were quite old around their 60's to even one of them being around 90 years old. They all talked about having visions and sacred dreams about different gods who proclaimed that they bought the two types of people together to keep them safe but to also keep the swamps safe. One of the council members speaks about one of the Gods called Nethar looked very much like Sobek, the ancient Egyptian god of crocodiles and controlled the waters. Nethar was also the leader of these Gods the council would follow so the members started to write up the book of the Algutoan Religion. Within it contained many things from prayers to Nethar to prophecies of future kings and chieftains. The book also contained many type of "mythical" creatures within the religion.