I believed that the Tribe was full of over powered crooks trying to make a lot of silver.
After going to the Town Square and speaking to a Treaty member, I learned that the Tribe requires these payments to fund its oranization to protect all those who are under the Treaty, and to strike down anyone that violates it or harms you.
So if you happened to read my troll rampage, I take back my comments, apologize to jwhitehorn, and ask him for his forgiveness so that I may play peacefully in Plymouth.