Subsequently, the Legion expanded west into the Mojave and established a base of operations on Fortification Hill overlooking Lake Mead and the Colorado River in 2277. President Kimball recounts during that year, the Desert Rangers of Nevada joined the New California Republic's forces to protect the region against "the tyranny of regime." In 2271, the Legion's presence served as a catalyst for the Ranger Unification Treaty. However, the Legion would eventually break the alliance and conquer the Twisted Hairs as they had with many other tribes, erasing their tribal identity and crucifying those who resisted along Interstate 40. In the early days of the Legion, the powerful Twisted Hairs tribe of Arizona would aid the Legion as scouts. Under the combined leadership of Caesar and Graham, the latter of whom had been declared the "Malpais Legate," the newly-formed "Legion" led campaigns against other tribes, forming a fanatically loyal army of assimilated warriors. Caesar saw the tribes "playing at war," and tribals viewed his tactics as foreign, as their warfare consisted of skirmishes that never escalated into major conflicts. The people conquered in campaigns were conscripted, enslaved, or killed. Ĭaesar established warfare policies in the Legion based on the concepts of "divide and conquer" and "total war." The Legion defeated the region's seven tribes from weakest to strongest and completely dominated each faction's land and people. With that, Sallow took the name Caesar and began reorganizing the tribals he commanded into the Legion.
Under his guidance, the Blackfoots not only defeated but subjugated the neighboring tribes and came to regard Sallow as their leader. Unwilling to leave his and his comrades' fate up to chance, and against his companions' wishes, Sallow instructed his captors in the arts of war, giving them knowledge in gun maintenance, small unit tactics, explosive improvisation, and military strategy, drawing largely on what he had read about the military tactics of Ancient Rome.
Sallow noticed the Blackfoots' martial ineptitude and feared that their more numerous enemies would soon overwhelm them. Īt the time, the tribe warred against seven other tribes and suffered from a lack of skill in warfare. Not long into their travels, the group was captured by the Blackfoot tribe and held for ransom. The group included Followers Edward Sallow, Calhoun, a physician, Mormon missionary Joshua Graham, a specialist in tribal dialects. In the year 2246, the Followers of the Apocalypse sent a group to the Grand Canyon to study the region's tribal languages. “ All territory east of the Colorado River is recognized as Caesar's land, an area indisputably under the control of the Legion and agents acting on Caesar's behalf.
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