The adult female indigenous people and some relatively young indigenous children are not of much value. The labor force they provide is limited, but they can ensure that the indigenous population remains within a certain range, and thus have some value.
Those indigenous people who are older have no value. Spain does not need them to waste food.
The Bangui Tribe and nearby villages have a population of about 200,000, but the number of young and strong laborers is only slightly over 100,000.
Including some children who have not yet grown up, the Congo Territory can take in at most 120,000 to 130,000 people. As for the remaining indigenous people, they are naturally the target of Manuel's action this time.
The action against the Bangui Tribe is not only to find out the real culprit behind the looting of Spanish plantations, but also to serve as a warning to make the indigenous people around the Congo Territory understand who really owns this land.
