The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-08-22
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4Aaefaat stone i Attra u Svi.aAsr. -
.3 Hamptoa, NJ. II.
Sscientific New England has become
greatly interested In the meaning Of q
! strange stone in,xthich are cut mysteri-
GUS marks showing every evidence Of
vextreme age. This stone is, ia fact, a.
large rock. and has been attracting yis-
itors to Hampton, N. HI.
Judge Charles M. Lamprey Of Hamp-
ton, after prolonged investigation of
the subject, is convinced that this stone
shows that Thorwald Eric, the Morse
man. landed at Hampton in the year
1904, and was buried there.
He has made.sas careful study of the
old Morse sagas and the coast of New
England, and more particularly of the
voyage Of Thorwald. the brother of Left
Ericsson. Thorwald set out on his voy-
age with thirty men in 1902. They came
to vineland and found the booths erect
ed by Left. In the words Of the old mar
Iative:
I'm the spring, lad 1909 Thorwald
ordered the vessel to be rugged and that
some Of the men should proceed in the
long boat westward near the coast, and
explore it during, the summer. They
found the country beautiful and we'll
wooded, the distance small between the
forest and the sea, and the strand full
of white sand.
lin the following spring "a. D. 1904
Thorwald, with his. merchant ship, pro-
ceeded eastward toward the north along
the land, opposite4accape. where. meet
ing bad weather, they drove upon the
land, broke the keel; and were obliged to
remain there for aldong time to repair
the.vessel.
.r"They then sailed away eastward,
keeping near the coast and entering the
mouths of bays, to a point Of land
which was covered with woods. They
moored their vessel to the land, laid out
gangways to the shore, and Thorwald,
with all the ships company, landed.
He said: Here it is-so beautiful that I
would Willingly set up my abode
, here"
There was battle'with the natives at
this place, and Thorwald was killed.
rHen ordered that his body be placed
herewith crosses at his head and feet.
Several places contend for the burial
plaeeoof iThorwald, hut:Judge Lamprey
says:
''There ,lsnno doubt but that Boar's
Headwwas. covered with woods, making
ut the wooded point with its bays, and
'.the distance small between the forest
land the sea- and the strand full oof
.vWlrite-sand.
"Now, there As no. other landing place
,as% described by the Norsemen in their.
., voyages, to Vineland which answers this
description as we'll as do HamptorFs
chores. But that description is not all!
rfer there are the crosses cut on the
sstone, many generations ago, before the
settlement cof the. town by the white
.man-~crosses made, mot by Indians,
but by some enewho knew and believed
I'm the Christian religion.
Hampton has a. stronger claim than
:any other locality, and Great Bears
Head mast be the point Of land and
.twell covered withwoods' centuries ago.
rRoars Head was then IA much longer
,point of land, and has been wearing
away co9stantlyrfor along time. There
.are rocks extending out southeasteriy
more than "a quarter nof a mile. Wffrch
;are easily seen under, the water by gun 1
ners and fishermen, and which are a
continuation oof the rocks leading from
the point; so 1T is undoubtedly fact
that the bluff, generations before the
settlement Of the town. tin 1881 was
more than half a mile In length from
the westerly side. where IT'S rising COM
inences, to the easterly point.
\'sft is the same extension out into the
sea which makes the bay @sn the south
side called the South Cove. and the one
on the north side the North Cove.
"a certain field near tine narrow
marsh and beach on the main road up
town contains the rock on which are cut
the three crosses designating tire grave
where was buried Thorwald Ericsson in
the year 4. y. 1904. That field has been
under tfflage and subject to the pillow
for over $50 years.
1.-The rock is large granite stone ~
ing in the earth. It's face near the top OF
the ground, with two crosses cut there
on and other marks, cut by the hand OF
man with stone cfaisel, and not by any
owner, from the original proprietor.
who took possession $50 years ago.
down TO the present owners.
They came TO a headiand that tutted
out, that was covered with wood. and
there We're bays on either side. and the
strand that was covered with white
rand, and the distance email from the
forest to the sea-"
How true is the description. ne ar.
cues, for there are the headland and
the bays on either side. the long. sandy
beaches and the land which contained
the woods mot far from the sea-"
There is also the rock with the cut
crosses made by man 900 wears ago.
That field now belongs to Wallace A.
Lowell. the street railway promoter.
Mr.. Lowell intends to erect monu-
ment near that OF Morse Rock, and to
lay of the land into park, with
FLOWERS Of all hue. and without thorn