The Alliance with the Accala Indians

Events

• •The explorers rescue the son of the Accala chief, Maretas, from the ape-men.
• •A flotilla of Accala canoes meets the party at the lake, where the tribe pays homage to the 'supermen.'
• •Maretas delivers a harangue urging his people to use the explorers' 'thunder and lightning' to end the war.
• •The explorers agree to join the Accala war-path, providing tactical support with their rifles.

Origin

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Tension

• •The risk that the Indians will refuse to let the 'supermen' leave the plateau once the war is over.

External

• •The ethical dilemma of participating in a tribal war of extermination.
• •The language barrier, which requires the use of signs and Maretas's expressive gestures.

Internal

• •Summerlee's reluctance to transition from a professor to a 'leader of savages.'
• •Challenger's vanity, which is fed by the Indians' 'obsequious adoration.'

Sequence

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Worldbuilding

• •The Accala are revealed to be a sophisticated, good-humored race living in high, decorated cliff caves.
• •The Accala have domesticated the Iguanodons, using them as 'walking meat-stores' marked with asphalt symbols.
• •The plateau's human history is defined by a 'merciless war' between the cave-dwelling Accala and the arboreal ape-men.

Status Changes

• •The explorers are elevated to the status of 'supermen' and deities within Accala culture.
• •The party gains a massive indigenous army and a secure base of operations near the Indian caves.

Narrative Summary

The explorers form a strategic alliance with the Accala Indians, a tribe of 'little red men' who are the hereditary enemies of the ape-men. This partnership is cemented when the explorers agree to lead a war party to exterminate the ape-men once and for all.

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