Tonto and the Lone Ranger Fistfight in Heaven

1. What is the significance of the title, both literally and symbolically?
2. What does the narrator mean when he says the clerk "swallowed hard like a white man does in those situations"?  What is the implication?
3. What is the significance of his dream?
4. Why do you suppose that his way of escaping conflict is to drive around?  What might these night drives symbolize?