MD3PAD 661-663

[Toby G Levy]

        Immanuel Ice, the ferryman, says the ghost fish glow to each
other in the water.  He says that Dixon's red coat is the first he has
seen since Braddock's defeat.  He implies it could be dangerous to wear
one. Dixon says it helps him to not be mistaken for an animal in the
woods.

        Ice returns to discussing his family's tragedy and his pledge to
continue the fight. He requests contributions from Mason and Dixon.
Mason thinks it is unethical for him to try and capitalize on his
tragedy, but Ice disagrees.

        At this point in the making of the line, Mason and Dixon's
account book show 111 people on the payroll.

        After they cross over Laurel Hill they see remains of old forts,
and they find hints of ancient gravestones. Hugh Crawfford says that now
and then they find gigantic bones as if from a race of giants that
occupied the land before the arrival of the Indians.

        Crawfford says the Indians believe the monoliths are
representations of other beings who help them with special powers.
Mason tries to tell about the monoliths in England, but is rebuffed by
an Indian who explains that the Indians dreamt of other people coming to
their land, but the Europeans turned out not to be the others they were
waiting for. Instead the Europeans turned out to be all too similar to
the Indians.

        Now the Visto grows wider and the company sleeps as close to the
center as they can get.  Axmen begin to desert and Indians join the
company.  One of the Mohawk chiefs, Hendricks, wonders what makes the
deserters afraid.  Mason or Dixon tells him that they heard there were
several tribes of Indians on the other side of the Monongahela river,
including a tribe without a name.

Toby