MD3PAD 652-654

[Toby G Levy]

        Dixon tells the Indians that if they tell him about the bait
used to attract spirits, Dixon will tell them of the bait he uses to
catch fish in England. Dixon's bait is made of bread.

        The warrior Jemmy describes starving his body and soul until
his "Protector," a great bear, appeared to him.  Uncle Lomax breaks into
the story to object to Wicks saying an Indian had a soul, but Wicks
sticks to his guns.

        Dixon responds by telling them how to make his special bread
lure, but Wicks said they withdrew from his hearing so he did not learn
how to make it.   Tenebrae objects at this point that Wicks was telling
a tall tale, but Wicks said he witnessed Dixon's mastery at fishing.

        Mason and Dixon then discuss the visible constellations with the
Indians and this brings Mason to a flashback of his youth, looking at
the stars with his mother and father.

        Coming out of his reverie, he cannot imagine how he wound up
there, in the wilderness with danger on all sides.  He asks the Indians
if they are in danger. The Mohawk chief Daniel responds in essence that
all that live are in danger of dying.

        Mason asks the Mohawk chief about giant vegetables.  Daniel
tells him to ask Nicholas, a Mohawk warrior. Back in camp they find
Nicholas already talking about the vegetables with others. He says the
valley in which they grow is far to the north and west where there is
volcanic activity. Nicholas describes the plants and dwells on an
enormous hemp plant.

Toby