"The ancient Heavenly Divine (Hulu), appeared from the deep, thunderous sea. Like a storm, He walked upon the land of the East, and like a storm, His soul dispersed into the vast world..."
As evening approached, the fleet anchored at the eastern shore of the lagoon, in the lake garden tribe of the Wiyot people. Their response to the arriving exploration fleet was calm, like the placid lake water, without vigilance or mobilization. Especially when Scholar Mikki presented the token from the Cedar Shaman, the old Chieftain Tu Jing personally came out to host the fleet leaders.
The Wiyot's lake garden tribe is situated at the lagoon's edge, on a lakeside plain of reeds and tall grasses. There are no trees here, and lumber for building is scarce. Among the two to three thousand people of the lake garden tribe, there isn't a single complete wooden house; all are low "wind shelter huts," densely spread along the lake.
