Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-03-12


ST. Brendan's voyage In 535 "a. d.
and Of his colonization Of Iceland,
Nova Scotia and sthe area of land,
what Is now Florida, Carolina, Vir-
ginia and as far ais Mexico, which
domain then was called st. Brendan's
Land, " Great Ireland or by the In
dians White Mans Land. z The !
Scandinavian Sagas term 1T s Ireland
it Mikiay (Great IreIandl For cen
turtles from 9th to 11th) these Irish
colonies existed and frequent sailing
took place during this period between
..t0ld' and Great" Ireland, till finally
the Vikings arrived as pirates and
destroyers. One of the Sagas tells OF
a Morse prince Arimarson being blown
by tempest from Iceland to IS the
American coast, to "Great ireland, =
was baptized there a Christian. AM
other tells Of people bearing (churcho
banners 4 on poles and singing
(hymns) clad in white robes west
ments,. Ancient Irish professions.
Bertha Brenain says the very ancient
Irish book Of Lismore contains the
story Of st. Brendan's seven years
voyage on the seas west Of ireland in
Latin, called Navigate = of which,
copies are to be seen In the libraries
of the Vatican, Paris, and other.
prominent libraries. Gen. Dan But
terrified OF thesciv war found thirteen
copies Of 'tNavigatio', in the National
Library at Paris, France. t-s 3.&ss
De Roo 4Ameriean) In his 1.-THE
History of America before Columbus
De Costa z(American) in his "Pre-i
Columbian Discoveries" Mcosmueller
Germany in his Il, Europeans In
America before Columbus and other
historians testify to the genuineness
and credibility of these old skandina-
ians Sagas. - r. q ''s..z,st'.'. II
!. Old maps exist of est. Brendans
Lapd'' or. Great Irelandr or white
mans Land" for instance one in the
library of Twin Holy made in the 10th
century,; another map by; Honorius
Autumn in 1870; another '.1shei Worlds
Image" by Robert d Auxerre in 1855;
and others among which one of the
most remarkable may be noted as that
made by the Arabian geographer
Edrisi in the 18th century, who calls
Great Ireland ''1felando ell Kibarah."
All these maps show est. Brendans
Land s~' - ~ -
Ferdinand st. Denise QUOTED by
Mont tells us that Columbus
| himself, who knew of the former
Great Ireland" wrote before his dis,
coyery: 1.-THE land of st. Brendan is
the Land of the Blessed towards the
West, which mo one can reach ex.
cept by the power of Cod (Guli
stream?) The historians and explor
ers Rensch, Won Humboldt, Graviel
and Beauvois testify that the Irish
must have visited the American cont
up to the 9Th century, Lord Mund
nent up to the 9th century, Lord Mund
raj mounds, Celtic ornamentation O
ancient utensils, Celtic 1apidary in
scriptions found at Grave Mound
Marshall county, Virginia, in 1889
assured by Schoolcraft (American
and Rain (Dane), which must have
been done before 9O1 A. D."
= Under the weight Of all this authen
lite testimony IS there space for any
reasonable doubt left to the wise OIL
even to the sceptic question, viz, thai
Irish priests discovered America and
Christianity and with it, as an in,
[separable companion, colonized ii
boddo (scotch) cites "Celtic sepuleh.
ton was spread by the Irish, a mighty
and seafaring nation in their, time
of glory and splendor, over the north
ern islands and over the southern and
central part of the American cont
nent. In buildings and in cities with
their organization, in artifacts of all
kinds, as vessels, ornaments, nipple
ments, images? ETC., etc, the Spain
ards at their raids were surprised to
find such culture.
Is It not very likely that the Man
dan really originated from commune
cation and intercourse with . these
early Irish settlers? That theory
seems to me just as acceptable, if not
more, than the Madoc story.
The Irish settlements were destroy
ed by the Vikings about 1000 A. D.,
and probably the half white Indians
and offspring of the Irish, become
fugitive, We're driven inland, gradual
" whipped further and further by
hostile bands not recognized as
equals, despised, gexiieds, made war
upon, till finally they retreated up the
Missouri river decimated, demoralized,
during centuries, though still superior
and instinctively friendly to the white
men, to their red brethren, to die an
inglorfous death by the small pox