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PEOPLE OF THE MIST[ 042-066-4.9

By Kathleen O'Neal Gear & W. Michael Gear

By Kathleen O'Neal Gear & W. Michael Gear from Tom Doherty Associates

the first north americans series

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People of the Lightning People of the Silence

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PEOPLE

OF THE MIST

KATHLEEN O'NEAL GEAR

and W MICHAEL GEAR

TOR

A TOM DOHERTY ASSOCIATES BOOK

NEW YORK

NOTE: If you purchased this book without a cover you should be aware

that this book is stolen property. It was reported as "unsold and

destroyed" to the publisher, and neither the author nor the publisher

has received any payment for this "stripped book."

This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in

this book are either products of the author's imagination or are used

fictitiously.

PEOPLE OF THE MIST

portions thereof, in any form.

Maps and interior art by Ellisa Mitchell

A Tor Book

Published by Tom Doherty Associates, LLC

175 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10010

www.tor.com

Tor is a registered trademark of Tom Doherty Associates, LLC.

ISBN: 0-812-51560-9

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 97-14682

First edition: November 1997

First mass market edition: November 1998

Printed in the United States of America To Lucia St Clair Robson and

Brian Daley

Friends, through the dark and, we hope, into the Light to come.

Note: maps and time line have been omitted, because they cannot be

intelligibly rendered in this scanned version of the book.

Acknowledgments

People of the Mist and the other books in the prehistory series would

not have been possible without the thoughtful encouragement of Tom

Doherty, Linda Quinton, and the rest of the Tor/Forge staff. They have

stood behind the project during the years, and to them we Owe the

deepest gratitude.

Harriet McDougal, our longtime editor, deserves special recognition for

her constant encouragement and understanding. When we can't see the

forest for the trees, she is our chainsaw. Thanks, Harriet, we know

how lucky we are to have you. Lucia St Clair Robson, author of Mary's

Land, offered us her house as a base of operations during our research

on the Chesapeake area. Lucia, thanks for everything, including your

warm hospitality--and most especially for the Rollerblade experience.

Thanks, too, to Ray Williamson and Carol Carnett for the valuable

discussions on archaeoastronomy.

As always, Harold and Sylvia Fenn, Rob Howard, and the rest of the

special people at H. B. Fenn deserve the warm thanks we send them.

^.X^,

Foreword

For the prehistoric occupants of the American mid Atlantic coast, the

Chesapeake Bay was a paradise. The rich estuary's environment and

temperate climate provided everything the people needed for survival.

Yearly migrations of waterfowl and anadromous fish provided a wealth of

seasonal food resources. The forest provided nut harvests, and a

habitat for turkey, deer, bear, raccoons, and other animals. From the

marshes, the people collected cord grass wild rice, muskrats, arrow

arum root for tuckahoe bread, and other foods. On shallow mud flats

they caught crabs, dug clams, and harvested oysters. Deposits of silty

loam soil grew corn, beans, squash, tobacco, and sunflowers, among

other agricultural staples.. In such a land of plenty, only the

miracle of applied English obstinacy and ethnocentrism could have led

to starvation in the Jamestown colony in 1608.

Today, the Chesapeake is still noted for the wealth of its resources,

its natural beauty, the yearly migration of waterfowl, oysters, crabs,

agriculture, and, oddly enough, when one travels a short distance up

the Potomac, politics.

Not much has changed since the days of the Late Woodland period. Then,

as today, the chiefs demanded, and were paid, tribute.

People of the Mist is set during the period archaeologists call Late

Woodland II; the date is around 1300 a.d. This was a period of cultural

change for the Algonquian

xvi Foreword peoples of the coastal plain east of the fall line. At

least three separate archaeological complexes are present during this

transition to larger villages and incipient chieftainships. For the

purposes of the novel we have identified three ethnic associations: the

Upriver villages (Montgomery complex); the Conoy (Potomac Creek

complex); the Independent villages and the Mamanatowick's villages

(Rappahannock complex). Interested readers are referred to Stephen B.

Potter's Commoners, Tribute, and Chiefs: The Development of Algonquian

Culture in the Potomac Valley for an irf-depth account of the

archaeological evidence.

Culturally, these people shared many subsistence patterns, relying on

fishing, collecting and gathering, hunting, and agriculture.

Archaeologists separate them by their pottery styles, burial practices,

and house shapes. All three groups traded inland for tool stone,

copper, and luxury items. These goods traveled east-west along the

Potomac watershed, as well as north-south up the Chesapeake to the

Susquehanna River, and down the piedmont to the Carolinas. To defeat

the vicious clouds of mosquitoes, they greased their bodies; and, while

later Europeans would complain about their smoky houses, the blue haze

allowed them to sleep in peace.

Historically and ethnographically, we know that these Algonquians,

unlike their northern kin, were matrilineal-tracing descent and

inheritance through the mother. Women owned the houses, fields, and

children, and, as is common among such peoples, women enjoyed

considerable latitude in their sexual relationships. The division of

labor and responsibility was well defined between genders. Most

notably, men hunted, fished, attended to construction, and made war,

while women employed themselves in agriculture, food preparation, child

rearing, and clan administration.

From the archaeological record, we know that villages

Foreword xvii

were expanding at this time, and palisades were being erected. People

do not build fortifications for fun; it is hard, time-consuming work.

At the same time, many long houses were still located outside the

palisades, indicating that while warfare was endemic, it wasn't

overwhelming. We have attempted to reflect these oscillating inter

village relationships.

Within two hundred years, Europeans would arrive in the Chesapeake Bay

and change the lives of the Native peoples forever. The Rappahannock

complex would evolve into the Powhatan chieftainship of John Smith and

Pocahontas fame: the Conoy would interact with Lord Calvert's Catholic

settlement in Maryland. Within the next one hundred years, ninety

percent of the native population would be dead and the cultures

decimated. Today we have only the biased writings of the first

European colonists, and the very fragile archaeological record, to

allow us to glimpse what life was like on the Chesapeake before the

first European ship sailed into that most remarkable of estuaries.

We can only imagine what The Panther would say if he could see it

today.

Introduction

Adam Jones sat uncomfortably in the lawyer's office, wondering why a

Washington, D.C." law firm--especially one as renowned as Koult,

Wesson & Browncouldn't afford to keep this month's editions of Time,

Newsweek, and U.S. News and World Report on the sleek mahogany

waiting-room tables. Around him, exotic potted plants, oak paneling,

and expensive carpet let him know that he wasn't just in any law

office,-but a powerful one.

From the fortresslike desk guarding the glass doors came the continual

cadence of muted beeping, and the soft whisper of the receptionist's

musical voice: "Koult, Wesson and Brown. How may I help you?" A

pause. "Just one moment and I'll connect you."

Now, what kind of job would that be? Adam wondered. Just sitting

there all day long, answering the phone over and over and over. But

then, she sat in an elegant, climate-controlled office, dealt with

people who smiled pleasantly whether they meant it or not, and need not

worry about finding the place stripped bare some morning when she came

to work.

In contrast, Adam's cramped office was a six-by-eight cubicle that

included two four-drawer file cabinets and shelves that sagged under

the weight of books, reports, and irregular stacks of paper, that lined

each of his four walls. His desk--when he could find it under the

forms, requisitions, and other clutter of administration--was a

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