The Scholar's Sailing Log, Twenty Thousand Li to the Port, The Lifeline of the Western Coast

"Main God bless us! The kingdom's support fleet replenished some food at West Mountain Port, repaired the great Longships that had come all this way, and exchanged for three old Longships in good condition. Four of the kingdom's Longships were stationed in West Mountain Port, making it the largest kingdom port on the western coast! After that, the support fleet left sixty or seventy kingdom Sailors stationed there, replenished with an equal number of Miwok Sailors, and continued north. In truth, along this journey, the constant exchange of Sailors allowed the fleet to better adapt to the northern environment, and also helped increase the proportion of the kingdom's core people at each port..."

"North latitude 39 degrees, the Bear Hunter Tribe of the Pomo People was a great tribe of three thousand, occupying a broad river mouth, coastline, and mountain forest. The Bear Hunter Tribe's attitude toward the kingdom was extremely friendly. The main reasons were, first, Cedar Shaman's mediation and guarantee; second, the kingdom's powerful strength, with vast fleets and Warriors appearing one after another. And the last, also the most important reason, was that the kingdom continuously brought the southern trade goods the Pomo People urgently desired, including 'rare' Lake Gems, precious metal axes and spears, as well as practical cotton cloth and Cacao!..."

"Like the eastern mountain-forest tribes, the Bear Hunter Tribe's farming level was still very primitive, and they could not provide the fleet with too much food. However, in this powerful great tribe, there were many strong Pomo hunters, skilled at hunting in the forest, and also many furs for trade. And in the mountain forests around the tribe, there were great numbers of towering redwoods, firs, oaks, and white pines, all excellent timber... So, the goods the Bear Hunter Tribe could provide were a