Chapter TenAs Melcorka had seen in the sweat-lodge, the rivers flowed from a succession of lakes, each large enough to be termed inland seas. When they reached the first, they looked around in wonder, for nobody had ever seen a lake this size before.
'It is a sea,' Gunnar said. 'We have reached the sea beyond Vinland. This sea will stretch to the end of the world.'
'It's only a lake,' Melcorka said. 'The water is fresh.'
It was a relief to place the ships onto such a broad stretch of water and sail westward, with the wind pushing them happily and the men relaxing.
'Hopefully, there will be no more portages,' Bradan said. 'I have had more than enough of pushing a ship that should be carrying me.'
Melcorka recalled her vision from the sweat-lodge. 'I fear there is worse to come,' she sa
