It was they who chased us into the mountains and compelled us to travel on to Far Lake.
First, after we left the river, we worked toward the west till we came to a small stream that flowed through marshlands.

Here we turned away toward the north, skirting the marshes and after several days arriving at what I have called Long Lake.

We spent some time around its upper end, where we found food in plenty; and then, one day, in the forest, we ran foul of the Tree People.

These creatures were ferocious apes, nothing more.

And yet they were not so different from us.