It’s Mongolia today today, but at least some of their ancestors probably lived in the Altai in 3000 BCE, near Lake Baikal, where Déhawiha met Loukosyo Hokwi. Her descendant, Dêywiha, seems to have impressive horse skills. Do you think she would have been a good at archery too?
In few weeks of travel on foot, the world changes a lot, no matter where you go, it’s Big Sky Country.
It’s a changing network of mountain passes, river valleys, desert edges and sea routes. A route can flourish for generations, then fade when a border closes, a river moves or a safer road opens elsewhere
North Chuya Range and Chuya River across Kuray Steppe – from Wikimedia Commons.
What are Déywiha’s family hoping to get from their trip east? It’s a huge adventure, traveling for trade in the area they call Ga-Se, a predecessor to any named Chinese state we know of.
