, 1874-10-04

Cr.as', so1 VI I'1h soe led the dis.o7s:s. 49,.
ufeenand, set sail in Ejarns's shi, hi,s.s' wh.s at
had bought, with crew Of thirt7.sv. -sc Il
men They fond the country Which H, '.as:a
described, and, toucn;pg first At Hel1n sSns tA
tound'ana} and N.ralaad (Sova scot,1 ls.7'
tnes explored somewhat, they passed -, ia
southwark until they reached Mouu. H. ~ aoza
Ihls they en:eted. and, being pleaa.d ~ ~, III.
prospect, they resolved to STAY ,lr.s Sa ~
"'ater. aud 80 built them laf-e h~ns u
near What is no1 Fall River, las, ~ .
day ! German, named Tys1er. O, r.a oas
party, strayed away, aud lis comrades f.,...s' fs'
had been kllled BY the Indians Toward "a
Ing however, he returned to the caup H.: e,sa"
up some fruit in his hands, aud Lsas3;.. ;13
oanbllnG German in Wild and drupke,ns: 'sa
de had found grapes in his uanderiors 49,
10 intoxicated with the sight and t,,*.a,''a 'a
fruit that he shouted, III his ust:ra ~. ~
Neintrauben! Weintraubcn!r Til, .:-
stance gave the name Of Vinland to b. ~
country, and to history the fact that CO. ~
"as one OF lie party OF Europeans tt,t :, -'s
Year 1000, frat trod the soil of Amefic, '
Tho following sIrink, Leif EEiason re:nrn.,.
| Greeuland. T"o years later, his 1,.,,
Ihorwall, to whom be lent hs st;D ra,.,.1
h11 voyage to America, and remained thu. w.
ea:s. Bu: the ENTERPRISE WIS fatal 70 Tto-.~-',s
for, in battle with the Indians, IN .rror n;,.+
| his side. causing Ills death. and he WA 1...;
l!nland- In 1852, the:e was e1Aumed n.,, P,o
t'lVer, a skeleton in a'clent arc,or. Wins. -.
It, if MT Thormald Er,kson'B2 ~
Iu zoos, Ti,orstein, tha youngest bro,h..- ..-
Thorwnl1, resolved to go ia yinlaod IN b.s.
home the body Of the barie1 heso, His 1..-:,
Taa mauned with twenty-tiye men, and hi. 49,
Gudrid, accompanied hira- But sbe7 tosf.1, -
summer on the seas, aud finally, when tcey md.
land, it proved to BE-. not Tinland bn, -.
western coaat Of Greenland. here Tbons.
and several Ct hls men del ,rd
Gudrid returned home 10 Norway ~.
! and-a-haif later, Guazld married asesltbr 49,.
and = bold explorer nan1ed Thortrn Ea,ls,t,.
! and ia the spring Of 1U07. went Will iii, -
| E1u}and. The expedition which Thotdn, ,,,
nauded Included 150 Men and ee7en Eor.,
| and herds and hocks Of cattle and sAeeD. T,s1
! reached their haven In safety, and re;na;nes J,
| Vln.and three years, when hosti!l,ies win n.
Indians compelled the party to leaye tie rc,,-
them soa years Of age. Thus Spozte Thor
fosoa, as tho boy was called, was the tfzt cha
of European b!ood boru in America. From b,.,
saya Prof. Anderson, T1orxaldsop, the er,,
panisl sculptor, IN hueall5 descended tbs il,
| script!fn on Dishton Writing Rock be,rs tes:-
rnony to the presence Of Kersselne md l;s col
uny il Taunton River. The learned Prof. Rim
translates it as follows: s.Tho1in. with 151
Morse seafa1iHg men. took posaesaaoa IT It's
land"
The 6asas give elabola:e account. ot othr
exreditlcrs to Elu;ard, viz: ona ly Freyr1, 10
101l; another by the Bishop Erik Uesi. in Ill:
and still others to Great Ireland, or North III
South Carolina and Georgia. Tie last e1oe4.
ton recorded took piacn in 1911, at he o.giani,
OF the Gsext Ilagua that for tu1ea yea1s d.
yahtated Europe, and IN that ti1ne reduced Ii
inhabitants Of Norway from 2,cuot leo to aG9,oa
It is evident. as Prof. Anderson remarks tba:,
population enfeebled to this degree VII ID
longer in condition to send coloaets 10 =
distant country.
To sustain the theory that Columhua kae5 af
the discovery Of Anerica by tie Norseneote te.
fore be set ont in search Of it, Prof, Auie-:ca
brings forward tive propositions Fust-Cc.=+
bus visited 1celaEd III 14777, cnly 100 yaas III.
tue last expedition to E1ulaud. In his canr+:4a-
t;ons with the Bishop aud learned MEL oi L.
island, who: topic was more likels to aria IL
discussion than the VOYAGES Of Norae rarle,t.;1
to the great continent lying westward Stco;s:-
Gudrid, tie wife Of Thur:iEn and Another OF Sao:.z
visited Rome after her husbanlt death. Rs1a
WAS deeply Interested in geographical disc1rs:-
les, aud undoubtedly heard with the i1t4@:
concern the stories Gudrid had to tell Of T.:
three years residence in Viu]anl. Third-pt:s
Pasclal H., in l112, appointed Erik Upsj Msds?
OF Iceland, GreeuI:nd, md Yinland; s1a
that PEclato vent to Fln!and &s
missionary in 11o1. Fourta-Thereis il evid:ats-
not, however, absoute-that Columbus bai o.
portunity to sec map OF Tinlaud, which ri
procured fom tue Vatican for tue pl2zoEA
FifM-Adam Of Bremen, 4 canon ard 1sta5so
of high authority, who lived in the eerca:s
conturv. visited the Danish King, SrendE:h:t.'
son, AID. on h.s return home, published hodt
containing, in IN addeudum. seoers21:a
Treatise Is On the Position Ut Denmark and oi5as
Regions Loyond DeumarL." After desc1lbrs
Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland. acd Grsea'
land, the aut1o. says !: "Eesides these t4sfen
s.1n another region, which las been visited By
1nA"s, E." 1~,, 1 lu ~ 49, .-:nas 1 +.~oz ,ba..
~ sss'eo .',1 , - ~. e aood rin. ro1D
spo1ta'4eous''' paoaae5 ~ .;. s so,nn sorn"
liAe" '>' springs up sue1e "''.oo' 1e H. s.1-,-r,
1ns va .l1o", ns Anes' n'' ~ 4- ~ ~,
1eo3e'.1'', - 49, ~, pos- o ,rhrsAa
Danes. 3oa" OF n.emen oo'A "'N' p4o.a~r =, 49,,
III lo.3; ano' aeeofa'ns 10 'he aisa1a.I h'.,h.,7
oos' oe'n2 an eooea'eo 11'n' Ioa'u 'o' '-~''
'gnorant ot so 1hpo''ant "ota. 1,,.r
Prof. Anderson c;'etnt columbus E.s IN