Turks & Plots

A terra

Terreno suavemente ondulado sob estepe aberta de capim, a 3 m de altitude; brooks and springs in the folds of the ground; no litoral; quente, com uma estação chuvosa e uma seca.

Cobertura

estepe aberta de capim

Altitude

3 m

Relevo

terreno suavemente ondulado

Água doce

brooks and springs in the folds of the ground

O mar

no litoral

Clima

quente, com uma estação chuvosa e uma seca

A parcela

cerca de 1,85 km de norte a sul e 1,72 km de largura; 1.853 m de norte a sul, 1.721 m de leste a oeste, 3,19 km²

Centro

21.8083°N 72.1583°W

O que a terra oferece a quem constrói

Desta terra: madeira, junco, terra, turfa, pedra, areia, concha, coral, couro, osso, pano, corda, vidro, fogo. Da região: tijolo, telha, mármore, ardósia, bronze, ferro, ouro, água. A terra permite: no chão, sobre palafitas, em vão.

Agora

Calor forte, quente por aqui, 22:49 no horário local, a estação seca, noite fechada, maré vazante.

O mundo selvagem

Animais aqui este mês: puma (se alimentando), white-tailed deer (no cio), baleia (migrando), tubarão (se alimentando), tartaruga-marinha (se alimentando), giant anteater (se alimentando).

Nesta estação: as aves de passagem.

A disposição da terra

• The low knoll (outeiro): a rounded rise with a clear view across the surrounding patch
• The north hill (morro): a broad shoulder of high ground dry underfoot after rain

O que está de pé aqui

THE TIMBER HUT — on the low knoll. House-sized, about 6 m. Timber, reed, stone. On the ground.
"A stout timber hut roofed with reed, set low out of the wind with a central hearth"
A roof of reed atop the top: pitched low to shed rain and heavy gusts. A hearth of stone inside the centre: set with flat stones to hold the embers through the night. A doorway of timber facing the south: fitted with a heavy latch on the leeward side. A storage rack of timber along the north side, hung with dry provisions, cordage, and spare gear.
Of this land: timber, reed, stone.

THE STOREHOUSE — beside the north hill. Small, about 4 m. Timber, slate. On the ground.
"A tight-walled timber storehouse raised clear of the damp with a slate roof"
A roof of slate atop the top: weighted with flat stones against high winds. A shelves of timber inside the inside: lined with dry bins for winter stores.
Of this land: timber. Of the region: slate.

A história, como L. Vance conta

Do lugar

• Outer Spit Hold was laid out by Lucian Vance, who marked the low knoll first and set the timber hut to face out of the prevailing weather.

Do povo

• They keep a dry stack of fuel beside the timber hut and share the first meal at the hearth with any traveller who crosses the low knoll. (heard when a people lives here)
• Before winter sets in they check the lashings and stones of the storehouse and sing the names of the first four who came. (heard when a people lives here)

O povo

THE PEOPLE OF TURKS & PLOTS — fishers, salt and shell gatherers, and gardeners, settled, in long houses.
Names from their own tongue. They hold the sea sacred.
They keep: boats sung in; the first-catch feast; burial in the water; hospitality to strangers; songs at the water.
They like coral, shell, reef fish, and bamboo. They dislike storm, frost, and stone. Open to strangers.
Their words: hearth korawalo, river or sea karomula, winter or the rains maewenea, the dead orauri, home tueta, stranger voanava, feast pemuka, child mivou, old one heme, the place Pueweuvui, the beast haokinike, the sky viapoiwewoi.
Founders: four. Lore: 2 lines.

Modos de vida

fishing, salt and shell gathering, gardening

Assentamento

settled

Parentesco

long houses

Casamento

either

Nomes

given names

Com forasteiros

open

Têm por sagrado

the sea

Guardam

boats sung in; the first-catch feast; burial in the water; hospitality to strangers; songs at the water

Gostam de

coral, shell, reef fish e bamboo

Não gostam de

storm, frost e stone

Fundadores

4

Contagem

4 da gente com nome, uma casa de 0, 0 nascidos aqui, 0 mortos aqui

Fundado em

9 de novembro de 2026

As palavras deles

hearth korawalo, river or sea karomula, winter or the rains maewenea, the dead orauri, home tueta, stranger voanava, feast pemuka, child mivou, old one heme, the place Pueweuvui, the beast haokinike, the sky viapoiwewoi.

A tradição deles

• They keep a dry stack of fuel beside the timber hut and share the first meal at the hearth with any traveller who crosses the low knoll.
• Before winter sets in they check the lashings and stones of the storehouse and sing the names of the first four who came.

Gente com nome

A crônica

Cada linha é um registro que a terra escreveu; os nomes entre aspas são palavras do dono. O que a crônica não diz não aconteceu.

Ano 1

Os anais: 1 first roof; 1 founders; 1 people founded; 1 ways changed.

• The dry season, the first year of Turks & Plots: the first roof went up at Turks & Plots: the timber hut. mantido
• The dry season, the first year of Turks & Plots: the ways of the people changed: name. mantido
• The dry season, the first year of Outer Spit Hold: four came to Outer Spit Hold and lit the hearth. The net-mender "Wuenupomi", the fire-keeper "Wuume", the keeper of the store "Tiwupa", the keeper of the shrine "Morola". mantido
• The dry season, the first year of Outer Spit Hold: Lucian Vance called a people to Outer Spit Hold: the people of Outer Spit Hold. mantido

Aqui agora

the net-mender "Wuenupomi" (gente) · the fire-keeper "Wuume" (gente) · the keeper of the store "Tiwupa" (gente) · the keeper of the shrine "Morola" (gente)