The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-09-21
PRE.cOLUMBIAN DISCOVERIES OF
AMERICAN.

written about the Welsh in America some
seven centuries ago: nld he claims,t is said
| that America was first discovered by the
Welsh Prince Maloc. about the year ITO
AID. II he claims this he claims more for
Prince Madoc than is claimed for Kim by
the old Welsh histories. Those histories do
not say that Madoc discovered America
What they tell US is that he resolved ITO go
across the ocean to the land ut the west
He knew already that the land was there;
had learned this, probably, from the North
men, His purpose WAS to select place Tor
settlement. The Whelsh histories say be
found place that suited him. "a pleasant
aud fertile region Leaving there one
hundred and twenty persons to make pre-
para,ion for the colon SIS, he returned TO
Wales TO bring out the settlers. In Wales he
loaded ..ten ships" with colonists Then lie
sailed away to the west, "going south Of
lreland,'' and was never afterwards heard Of
in Europe. lie is supposed to have settled
in what is now North Carolina. aud traces
Of the Welsh language and race are said I,
have been found among the Tuscnroras. who
in the early colon, times, were known as the
..White Indians
We notice that some very intelligent per-
sons meuti ming wh 1 MIR. Bowen writ.
. ten. write about the matter, aud talk on the
subject, rs ii his claim for the Welsh .'sets
aside the Mortimer AMI ..dethro'es Morse
, Eric" 1t is SURF ris ng how little sumo re-
n.arkably intelligent people know OF the
. Ncrse voyages from Greenland and Iceland
ia the American Continent. This continent
was first seen by crew of Norsemen, in the
year $50 A. D they being driven by stress
: of weather 10 the neighbarhood Of Cape
Cod. Afterwards they named that region
.Vinland, and xp. ear 10 have occupied II
to some extent They were there. undoubt-
edly. when Prince Mad,c's voyage was un-
der,ak.n; for We read this in the introduc
: ZION 10 Hendcrson's Iceland; ''In the year
: 1921 A. d, Erick. bishop Of Greenland,
), made a VOYAGE 10 Vinland:" Records Of the
. Morse voyngrs from Green and AMI Iceland
:. were preserved in Iceland, and are now in
= xistence: and there is record Of voyages
Z from Vinland to n region farther south,
called ..White Mans Land" which may
!, have been the region occupied by Prince
:, Maloc. These records are now in The Roy
!. nj Library ut Copenhagen. and summary
Of their contents has appeared In most o.
:, The languages Of Europe. l, appears thai
" the last voyage 10 VinlAnd WAS made il
: 1877. ln that year began, in Europe. 'h'
). rava1es Of the .Blmck Plague" which nearly
:. depopulaied Norway, and extended TO Ice
= land and Greenland The Morse sc tlement
in Greenland did not long survive the rava
Qes OF this pesiilence, and Morse communi.
cation with viniAnd came 10 an end
There is nothing in the European litera-
'e ture OF the tensh and eleventh centurie
a more WORTHY Of credit aud confidence thai
: the history OF these Morse voyages 10 Vim
~ land. There is moth ng mythical or legen
/ nrp IN
g master-os.faci narratives OF what actual
er took place. They tell Us that. IN the Ion
ne c-si DAYS Il Vinlsnd. the sun rose at hal
W pa.t four and tet ut half past seven. whic
places i, in latitude Al d-gs. and about
is m. norfh. Plainly. they hal been Their,
Aner reading these narratives. Aicxande
~ Humboldt said: ..The discovery Of ih
or Northern par, Of America by The Morse
z men cannot be disputed" IL their meth .
70 and in the culture rhowa BY the writer
v, they ar. superior 10 anything IN the histo1
VI ical literature Of Saxon England previous
ne the lime or William the Conaneror. tn
"a facts they communicate were known IN II
g rope in The eleventh c~niurJ. for. IN IU1'
Adam Of Bremen wrote a geographical wrr
on - be posiien Of Denmark and oihs
. Regions beyond Denmark in which. afis
8 giving an accnuut of Denmark. Swelei
ar NorwaF. Iceland ard Greenland, he we'
A. on a. follows: s.Eesisles there ih. r. IL I'll
,,e Aaoi her region which has been VISITED
TO saany. /, in. in The Atlantic Ocean. which
. eaiEeri Tin.s MI. because SIne. grow tnei
i spontane u.ly." etc: mud he closes his ~
nj count ri ysnIanI with these words. .-Th
nj We knew. not from fabulous co,.j -ciurs. b.
10 from positive stat esnenss ofibe Danes"
rn Some writers have sought 10 be saepfic
b. in regard 10 this important chapter Of q
,e- Morse hIsiary. AMI lew 81 them hare rail
- er csmscaiy assumed air OF superiori'
IA. for their STUPID s<eH,cs-m. ~ u u ~e'
In -ome rare display o. wisdom: but these VI
~ tiers are no. likely 10 b. clas-ed with sue
% great. frrc-minded scholars ~ Hninools
be aal Mals~~Brun When The DANISH AMI
ct auaTies began their reports Q; what ~
). Iouni IN the old lcelsndic manuscr.pss m
Il paid coosider.ble aJtenison 10 wbsi tney
n gxrsied ~ relies ~ the N0rremsn - Asss'
or rbusesis and Rhode island, such - The -
BE stone Mir u Newport, the srssis7
r. birhion Rock. and The skeleso0 u armed
- fousj q Fatl River. BAT here shs skepas
- hsd fken = : dissdsanaags, - - -
- hssfseixus m oslane Il regard - -