"The Main God bears witness! Honored High Priest Miki, we did indeed encounter fishing boats from the Long Bay Great Tribe, and we exchanged a few words with them. It was just over two months ago..."
"Just over two months ago?"
"Yes! In early May, the drifting ice on the sea had all melted, and the schools of fish had begun swimming through the bay. At that time, it was the shared fishing festival of the coastal Sugpiaq Tribes and Eyak tribes! This spring festival is one of the oldest and most important celebrations for the coastal fishing-and-hunting tribes, probably about the same as the Highland Tribes' spring plowing festival..."
"Our Longship joined the fishing festival together with the fishing boats of other Eyak tribes in Thousand Island Bay. When we sailed to the western side of the bay, we happened to encounter several Canoe fishing boats from the Long Bay Great Tribe... Seeing our Longship, they were very surprised, and approached us of their own accord to talk for a while. They even shared the first net of fish they had caught with us, to show goodwill..."
"They asked curiously what sort of great tree could make such a large Canoe fishing boat... We told them it was made from the tribe's thirty-step-long Divine Tree, and that it was the blessing of the Main God!... They were very surprised, and praised our boatbuilding craft. I also gave them several silver amulets of the Main God. They liked them very much, gave us several white fox pelts in return, and even invited us to visit their tribe... It was only that we did not agree..."
"Mm. Wei Bao, I remember that during last year's exploration, we also encountered a hunting party from the Long Bay Great Tribe. Back then, that