Chapter 52: 499-510
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Conococheague
Conococheague Creek, a tributary of the Potomac River, is a free-flowing stream that originates in Pennsylvania and empties into the Potomac River near Williamsport, Maryland. It is approximately 80 miles (130 km) in length, with 58 miles (93 km) in Pennsylvania and 22 miles (35 km) in Maryland. The watershed of Conococheague Creek has an area of approximately 566 square miles (1,470 km2), out of which only 65 square miles (170 km2) (12% of the area) are in Maryland. From WIKI
that burn'd and bloodied little huddle of Cabins
Pretty certain this section is referring to the Enoch Brown School Massacre: The Pontiac's Rebellion school massacre was an incident during Pontiac's Rebellion. On July 26, 1764 four Delaware (Lenape) American Indian warriors entered a log schoolhouse of white settlers in what is now Franklin County, Pennsylvania, near present Greencastle. Inside the schoolhouse were schoolmaster Enoch Brown and twelve students. Brown pleaded with the warriors to spare the children before being shot and later scalped. The warriors then began to tomahawk and scalp the children. Nine children were killed and two children who had been scalped survived. From WIKI
Capt. Evan Shelby
Would later be involved in the first Invasions of the Chickamauga Towns. Was also father to Isaac Shelby, first governor of the State of Kentucky.
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"Of course 'tis back-to front"
See page 228.
Grub-Street
Until the early 19th century, Grub Street was a street close to London's impoverished Moorfields district that ran from Fore Street east of St Giles-without-Cripplegate north to Chiswell Street. Famous for its concentration of impoverished 'hack writers', aspiring poets, and low-end publishers and booksellers, Grub Street existed on the margins of London's journalistic and literary scene. It was pierced along its length with narrow entrances to alleys and courts, many of which retained the names of early signboards. Its bohemian society was set amidst the impoverished neighbourhood's low-rent flophouses, brothels, and coffeehouses. From WIKI
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Squall-clouds
The term "squall" is universally used to refer to a sudden wind-speed increase, both historically and in the present day. From WIKI
"Then they began with the Bagpipes."... Wolfe
See page 312.
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You can get above it.... above Distance, above Time itself
A foreshadowing of an overarching thematic plotline of ATD, the Chums of Chance throughline? Notice the line about apprehending "all at once the plexity of possible journeys", which seems to be a clue to some meanings of ATD thru the Chums.
