The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-03
BRING TIE VIKING HERE.
4 Chance for Savannah TO Have The
Strange Craft in Port.

DlluuSI NlutL III i Ulit
The Ship Now on Her Homeward
Voyage, Which is a Long one-It
viii GO by the Mississippi, the
Gulf and Up the Atlantic Coast to
Boston-Capt. Andersen and His
Crew VIII Pass the Georgia Coast
and an Invitation Would, no Doubt,
Bring Him In.
Win the Viking ship be brought to Sa-
vannah? There is little doubt that Savan-
nah can have Capt. Andersen and his
strange craft here for a day or two with
only slight effort, as the Viking ship
and her crew will pass up the Georgia
coast on their way to Washington and
Boston, before returning to Norway
This historical craft, an exact model of
the old vessels used by the almost tradi-
tional Norwegian Vikings, which came
over for exhibition at the Columbian ex-
position on invitation from the govern
ment, has started on it's homeward voy-
age, which will be a long one. On the
day the exposition closed, the Viking
ship cast of from its mornings on the
lake shore at jackson park and sailed
down to the Chicago river, where it was
stacked with provisions for its long voy-
age.
Yesterday the Viking ship was towed
up the Chicago river TO the canal, from
where she will go to the Illinois river and
then to the Mississippi, stopping at Hi
n0is. Wisconsin and Minnesota ports
where the fellow countrymen of Capt.
Andersen and his crew have extended in
vitations for receptions and other enter
tainments.
sAvANNAH's OPPORTUNITY.
From st. Paul the ship will be lowed
down the Mississippi to New Orleans,
touching at st. Louis. Then it will sail
around Florida and up the Atlantic coast
for Washington New York and Boston,
aud in March will start on its return voy-
age TO Norway.
There is no reason why Savannah can
not and should not have a visit from the
historical Viking ship. Capt. Andersen
has large number of fellOw-countryme
in Savannah, among whom are several
personal friends. Some of these have
given assurances that they can easily
persuade Capt. Anderson to drop
into port here on his way by If
Savannah will do the rest A utug can
easily be secured to bring the Viking up
the river, and, Savannah, famous for
hospitality, well knows how to entertain
foreign guests. There are two or three
of Capt. Andersen's fellowcountrymen in
Savannah who knew him personally be
fore leaving their native country, and
they say that he would gladly stop here
for day if the invitation were extended
him.
THE VIKINGS HISTORY.
Every Savannahian would be glad Of an
opportunity to see this historic craft and
its crew, especially as the trip from Nor
way TO this country was made to demon
strate the possibility of a part of history
or tradition which is of interest to every
American. 1t is the claim of the Nor
wegians that the discovery of America
was made long before that attributed to
Columbus, by Lief Ericsson, and that he
sailed in just such a craft as that of
which the present Viking ship is model
Capt. Anderson has, without doubt
demonstrated that such might easily have
been the case. The fact of the existence
even in ancient times of such a craft has
been established but few years, the only
original one in existence having been dug
from mound near Sandefjord, Norway,
within the last decade. The story of its
discovery, as related by a well-known
Norwegian, who was there at the time
and who has since come to Sa-
vannah, having already been given
in the MORNING NEWS. Previ-
Jus 10 vhe HlSCoFeIy OF me original
such craft was thought to have ex-
listed from the pictures made by the an
clients which were kept in the Norwegi-
an museums. Strangely enough, the
original correspondent exactly with the
pictures Of the Viking ship in the muse
ums.
The Norwegian committee offered to
give the vessel to the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition, but the offer was declined be-
cause there was no money to pay for
transportation and erection of the house.
So the ship will be placed alongside the
only remaining original one at Christiania