Tsuga's Children
“An Interrupted Tale That evening Jen and Arn met Fannu and Dona, grandson and granddaughter of Aguma, the stocky gray-haired woman who was Chief Councillor, whose palms had glittered with the silver scales. They met other children, some younger and some older than they, each different from them and from all the others. At the evening meal they saw two nursing babies held across their mothers’ laps, heard their small noises as they fed at their mothers’ breasts.
Because of the constant work of t...he month of the shandeh, the people ate in communal hogans, some having been assigned to prepare the food for others. Jen and Arn sat at a long table in Aguma’s hogan, the largest in the winter camp. Huge pottery tureens of shandeh stew steamed upon the table. Plates piled high with hot yellow cornbread were passed from end to end, with plenty for everyone. Each took his bowl and with a wooden ladle dipped out as much of the rich stew as he wanted. Among the vegetables—Arn recognized cattail tubers, arrowroot, corn, beans and small wild carrots—thick flakes of the white meat of the shandeh swirled in the rich yellow broth.MoreLess
Because of the constant work of t...he month of the shandeh, the people ate in communal hogans, some having been assigned to prepare the food for others. Jen and Arn sat at a long table in Aguma’s hogan, the largest in the winter camp. Huge pottery tureens of shandeh stew steamed upon the table. Plates piled high with hot yellow cornbread were passed from end to end, with plenty for everyone. Each took his bowl and with a wooden ladle dipped out as much of the rich stew as he wanted. Among the vegetables—Arn recognized cattail tubers, arrowroot, corn, beans and small wild carrots—thick flakes of the white meat of the shandeh swirled in the rich yellow broth.MoreLess
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