Young folks' history of the United States . the interior of the continent; andthe skeleton may have been that of an Indian as for the Old Stone Mill, it is found to be verymuch like some still standing in that very county inEngland from which Governor Arnold came. So it isnot at all likely that any of these memorials could dateback as far as the time of the Northmen; and yet it isaltogether probable that the Northmen visited Americaat a very early time. We must remember that the Northmen were greatsailors, like their descendants, the Danes, Norwegians,and Swedes. It is rare to find
Young folks' history of the United States . the interior of the continent; andthe skeleton may have been that of an Indian as for the Old Stone Mill, it is found to be verymuch like some still standing in that very county inEngland from which Governor Arnold came. So it isnot at all likely that any of these memorials could dateback as far as the time of the Northmen; and yet it isaltogether probable that the Northmen visited Americaat a very early time. We must remember that the Northmen were greatsailors, like their descendants, the Danes, Norwegians,and Swedes. It is rare to find a large crew of sailors Conclu-sions corcerningtheseantiquities TKE COMING OF THE NORTHMEN. without a man in it who belongs to one of these na-tions; and their ancestors had the same love of thesea. Now, when we look on the map, we see that itdoes not look very far from Norway to Iceland, norfrom Greenland to Labrador. When once arrived atLabrador, any bold sailor would be tempted to followdown the coast of North America. But the Northmen. OLD STONE MILL. certainly settled Iceland a thousand years ago: and it settle,is known from the annals of Iceland that a colony was Se^NortLsent thence to Greenland, and there remained for a °^®^-long time; and some of these emigrants may easilyhave sailed on to Labrador; or some vessel bound forGreenland may have been driven too far west, and soreached the mainland without intending it. At any 28 YOUNG FOLKS UNITED STATES. Story ofLeif theLucky, Story ofThorwald. rate, it is recorded in the Norse traditions that theNorthmen, in sailing west, actually arrived, about a. , at some country beyond Greenland. This is the way the story is told in the Norse prince, named Leif the Lucky, son of Erik the Red,sailed west from Greenland with thirty-five men, oneof whom was a German. After they had landed ona strange land, this German, named Tyrker, strayed ofifone day and was thought to be lost. When he cameback, he talked German and ro
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