"With his wife and five children--two boys and three girls--they found a valley that was protected from the north by high rocky cliffs that flowed into a verdant grassland on down to the wide river to the south. Here, all alone, they bullt their home on stilts and became farmers who plowed their fields and raised pigs and chickens and onions.

"From the river they pulled great slapping silver fish and quick tasty crabs and the occasional tender-breasted tuna. Their orchards spread to the north and their vineyards produced wine that became their main resource of booze.

"To this day, the men and women live on the river, spreading out only as the the rainy season floods them out. Except for Red Harry. He was a drunk and lived in town."