The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-09

Cynvig alb Gronw as authority for the
Madog discovery of a western con tinent.
A Welsh triad speaks OF Madog alb Owain
Gwynedd as having gone to sea with ten
ships aud 300 men, but adds that lit is
not known to what place they went" In
ll06, fourteen years before the date given
for Madog's first voyage, there died in
Wales a monk known as Caradog OF Liam
carvan. He left in manuscript history
of Wales, which was continued, it is
claimed by other monks for succeeding
generations. The work was translated in
to English by Humphrey Llwyd in 500
and edited and published by DR..
David Powell in 1884. In this his.
tory as left by Llwyd, the Madog tradition
is given in detail, with the explanation
that the country, from the description
given OF 1t by Madog. must have been the
same country as that afterwards discover
ed by the Spsniards. DR.. Powell, the edi-
tor, argued that the country discovered by
Madog must have been Mexico. This his
tory is supposed to have brought the Ma
dog tradition first to the attention Of Eng
lish readers; but Sir George Peckham men
lions the story IN a pamphlet in 1888. The
story Of Madog's adventures once publish
ed, was generally accepted by Jealous Eng.
lishmen in order to claim for themselves
priority Of discovery as against the Spani.
ards 1t is found in Hayluyt's travels
published in 1889; in Raligh's history OF
the world 1914; in Purcha's pilgrimage,
1926: and in the History Of the World by
Abbott, archbishop Of Canterbury, pub
lished about the same time. James Howell,
a Welshman and graduate Of Oxford,
while in Fleet prison, London, wrote n
In IA of lnt fap IN ht oh n n.
lished between l645 and 1866. In these he
had much to say of the Madog expedition.
SO much for the authenticity OF the
Madog tradition. We come now to
nearer material, whether fact or fable
each reader may decide for himself the
purport Of which is that at the time
Columbus landed in 1402. there were
Indian tribes on American soil that
looked like descendants of white race
and that spoke language which
Weshmen could understand. Again
we quote;
David Ingram, u sailor, who went with
Sir John Hawkins to the West Indies In
1868, Il the first known authority for the
assertion that people speaking the Welsh
language were found among the Indians
on this continent In narrative written
by him in 1889, he says ho found here u
bird called penguin, which seemeth to be
Welsh, and further claimed TO have heard
other Welsh words spoken. one Stedmau,
native OF BreckOusnire Wales, Is said 10
have landed on the coast between Florida
sud Virginia IN 1910, aud is quoted
rs saving that he spoke TO some
Indians In their native Language,
when he was informed by them that
their ancestors had come from Gwynedd,
iu prydaln Fawr North Wales 10 Great
Britain As the title Great Britain was
not adopted, though occaIonaily us.d,
after tho accession OF jaime, |, lGl3, Mr..
stodman must have mlsunders ooi bi,
Indian irienls, or else they were not Ma
glnu& The most frequently quoted au-
thpr'y FOR the existence ~ Welsh -potk-
ing Indians ou this continent is Rev.
Morgan Jones, m Episcopal clergyman.
vino came o. America from Wales some
time prior to ltHH Hls narrative iu sub.
stance SAWS that be and five Others while
iu South Carolina 10 the Tuscarara ooun.
try. We're taken prisoners AuI coUIrm .el
o. death This led Jones 20 rlcnln iu
the British tongue: "ilnye / escaped 90
many dangers 90 be now Knocked 90 tho
head ike % dog lie was understood hy
CHIEF present who embraced him ana
tul3 NImin the British tongue tlpt ue
should NOT aI'. Tho chief Bus0mcd the
party and took them among the D5ess.
bus own tribe, who r4trrtuaci tho strtuF.
ers C,y.lly Tor four m1uths
Itis imposed hat tho term British
tongue here used. meant Welsh. tut
Mr Lewis not unu t,urally thinks tha,
'if Mt Jones, q man who Jeff South
Wales 90 The ssve1,ae1th century could
talk iu'eliEantly with people who had
, Ia't North Wales in the twelfil c.r-
tury hy or tuey must have been en-
dawrd with the gift Of tongues spoken
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