Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-03-17

found u m island, and named It
bafdars Holm" ur Gar1nf'A lplp.
lii' account oil the country wa. 80
favorable, that Fioki, auother sea.
f'NeT went there 20 s3ttIe; but ne glect
lng TO cut hay in the summbf,hls cattle
leflshei la The winter. From the vast
REORGANIZATION OF lee on the west coast
Ice hat was driven over ffOn Green.
lAnd, lac called the country Iceland, -
name it has ever since borne. In
s1i, the first permanent set umpnt was
MAZE 10 Iceland, by lugn, "a Nor.
weglau CHI elat. Cir, cnlaud wa
Uncovered In $50, one huudfed ami
twenty year after the discovery OF
Iceland. In 9s2, Eric, -urnamei Ia.
Red, sailed 10 Greenland, aud, la $50,
established settlement there which
II Iurished more than four hundred
yearp. 70 induce scitlclA 10 no nnd
reside In new country, the most
fabulous accounts were given OF tho
climate and productions. The lace OF
the country was Represented as clothed
IN green, and II was even stated that
every plant dropped buuor.' The
name Of Greenland thus given 10 IL.
was ~ great u niisuOmef ~ Iceland,
applied to the neighboring isle. In
reality, the two countries should
change names; Tor Iceland lisa country
u green fields anu fair flowers, while
Greenland ~ covered with almost nor.
petual ice and snow. Eric the r. "a
hai companion IN his Greenland
settlement whose name was Hsriul.
biurni, the son Of Hefiulf, sailed from
Iceland TO Join his father la Greenland,
was driven south, and Landed ON the
american coast, probably Inbnd u.
lhus the int discovery OF America by
Europeans was In tie year gsB, by
hlaini HCriullsJu, "a native OF Norway,
though he sailed from Iceland. lie 10.
turned north aud landed In Greenlan
anu gave an account OF his discovery.
Subsequent voyages to the a american
cuaa. were made by Left aAd his two
brothers, sous OF Efio the Rod, VINO
AFTER the style Of name. In Iceland
were called lricesson. | am speaking
ON good authority In saying that
giittd Swodc, now an American
ciuleu, and most prominent before tie
word, IL direct descendant II Eric
anu hls son. allude to Captain
Ericsson, the inventor vi the Calofiu
shlp,h pioneer he American diHo0very,
anu worthy uoicendnnJ OF the uls.
NNNtAtl OF AAitflcn.
Another interesting fact may be
noted, Among she early settlers OF
Ameflca-iOra settlement was formed,
that continued several yenrs-sume OF
me men hud their wives with them.
Oue OF these, the wife %. ThOrhn, while
III America, gave bltn - q sJu, who
WIS named SuDrfr.
This 5uOre lhOrhnson waSthe trsl
hltlve'born Amer uhn OF whom we
nave any aaccoult, aud may
DO get down us the first Yankee
ON record. From tbs rhoifiuson
wa descended tuUrwalIson, anu also
Fln Magnusou the historian anu
Antiquufy, 81 that We eau almost claim
the great sculptor Ui the North aud
tue great historian As Americans.
Ihtso facts | gathered from Ice.
landic genealogical table,; anu all VINO
have iuvestiga the history OF the
northern nations, know witn what
accuracy these tables are compiled.
TO return . little Ia my narrative.
Leii Ericsson having purchased the
snip OIL Bihfni HcriulieOn, sailed from
Greenland IN the year 1000. The nat
lhnd he MAZE nr called "Hcllulaud, - or
"land OF broad Hat stonesv This was
NNhhhANN0 AhN AAAHA VI .
The next coast he saw was covered
with iOrusif, md consequently no
named 1t "Matklaud," or "Wood- |
hnu." This was probably Nova |
Scotia. The next land he discovered,
eth farther south, produced vines aud |
gple', anu this lac uamed "Ninland," |
"a nnne the lcolanders ever afterwards |
ured In speaking OF tue American |
We nave the best OF proof |
IN their account Of the climate anu |
In the length OF the days,
Ms well as IN their maps anu drawings, |
that their settlement was ON some part |
NJ our New England coast, probably |
Massachusetts or Rho1u leland. In |
subsequent voyagrs, these adventurous
sailed farther south; anu 1t |
10 supposed from the account they |
gave, that they proceeded NJ far AZ |
Virginia aud the Carolina. Timber. |
iuts aud grapes were the most valuable
articles the country produced, anu Tor
hess several voyages Were made To
Vtnland, from Greenland, houses Were
luiit, anu settlers resided la lhe couu.
ny for at leaS, three year.; from lOll
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