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"I do indeed"

"While you're waiting, you can talk to Mason He's working outside"

Pitt pulled on his socks and hiking boots, ran his hands through his hair and faced the world He found Broad red cedar log that lay horizontal on four heavy-duty sawhorse

s Broad it with a round wooden mallet shaped like a bell and a concave chisel called a fantail gouge The carving was not far enough along for Pitt to visualize the finished product The faces of anie

Broadood rest?"

"I didn't know bearskins were so soft"

Broadmoor smiled "Don't let the word out or they'll be extinct within a year"

"Ed Posey told me you carved totem poles I've never seen one in the works before"

"My faenerations Totems evolved because the early Indians of the Northwest had no written language Fa symbols, usually animals, on red cedar trees"

"Do they have religious significance?" asked Pitt

Broadods, but respected uardian spirits"

"What are the symbols on this pole?"

"This is a ht call a commemorative column The pole is in honor of s, they will illustrate his personal crest, which was an eagle and a bear, along with a traditional Haida figure of the deceased After co a feast, at the corner of his 's house"

"As a respected master carver, you must be booked up for many months in advance"

Broaded modestly "Almost two years"